Entebbe, Uganda
Ten African countries sharing the River Nile met on Monday in Uganda to discuss a legal framework that will replace colonial laws which give Egypt a preferential use of the river's resources, officials said.
"We have started the meeting and all countries are represented by officials, who are trying to come up with a legal and institutional cooperation framework that will be the basis for usage of River Nile waters," Ugandan Water commissioner Ssenfuma Nsubuga said.
"Negotiations are not easy. It might take a year, but we know that we are on the right course," Ugandan Water Minister Mary Mutagamba also said by telephone, pointing out: "It is the third meeting in the framework process that started in Addis Ababa last September."
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