Across Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda, and Rwanda-nations stitched together by the River Nile's timeless flow-a new current of hope is rising ...

Floods arrive without warning; droughts linger longer than expected. Yet amid these rising uncertainties, a collective tide ...

A view of the Blue Nile River canyon, the natural boundary between Ethiopia's Oromia and Amhara regions. (Yonas Tadesse for The Washington Post) Max Bearak is The Washington Post's Nairobi bureau ...