The long-awaited Nile River Basin Cooperative Framework Agreement (CFA) is about to enter into force. Since it was made open for signatures on May 14, 2010, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Burundi ratified the pact in 2013, 2015, 2019 and 2023, respectively. Kenya signed the agreement in 2010, but has yet to ratify it. South Sudan, admitted to the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) in 2012 after gaining its independence…