CAIRO — A controversy has erupted between Egypt’s Water Ministry and the country’s media outlets over this year’s Nile flood forecasting.
The ministry had declared a state of emergency from May to August of this year due to drought, the worst to hit the Nile Basin in the past 100 years. Cairo was relying on this crisis to ensure the success of its new campaign to rationalize water usage, demanding that the citizens and farmers reduce their water consumption as much as possible.