Egypt Employs Soccer to Assert Its Nile Basin Water Rights

By James M. Dorsey

If soccer is the yardstick, Egypt has won a round in its battle to maintain control of the waters of the Nile basin.

Egypt’s national team emerged on Monday the victor of the first annual Nile Basin Football Tournament by beating Uganda 3:1. The championship groups the Nile’s ten littoral states, most of which are demanding a more equit…