For thousands of years Egyptians have relied on irrigation from the Nile to cultivate vegetables and fruit.
Now the system that has sustained their farms since ancient times could be in danger.
Water shortages are forcing farmers to use contaminated water with deadly results.
Al Jazeera's Mohammed Vall reports from the banks of the river Nile.
afrol News - Huge diamonds found in DRC : "A Canadian mineral exploration firm, Mexivada Mining Corp, has reported the discovery of two large diamonds in its 100% controlled Malambani Permis de Recherche concession, located near Mayoko in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Mexivada described the first stone as a white, modified octahedron 7.5 milimetres in diameter while the second stone was a shiny 6 milimetre greenish-white coloured dodecahedral diamond. Each of them weighs 0.1 gram"