TO GO WITH AFP STORY NATASHA YAZBECK– A

TO GO WITH AFP STORY NATASHA YAZBECK– An Egyptian girl fills a container from a cistern delivering clean water at al-Rahawe village, some 40 kilometres northeast Cairo, on May 27, 2010. Thousands of Egyptians living just a stone’s throw from the Nile suffer supply and sanitation problems as their government becomes increasingly entangled in a war over water with up-river nations. Egypt has dominated the Nile for decades and refuses, along with neighbouring Sudan, to sign a new pact the other countries say would lead to more equitable sharing. Egypt, which relies on the river to meet 90 percent of the water needs of its 80 million people, argues that it has a historic right to the Nile and has threatened legal action to preserve its interests. Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda all signed the agreement earlier this month. AFP PHOTO/KHALED DESOUKI (Photo credit should read)