Sudan is among ten states in the world facing serious risk of water shortage despite being crossed by the biggest African river.
The Water Security Risk Index report evaluated the water security of 165 countries and rated the African nations of Somalia, Mauritania, Sudan and Niger as being most at risk.
The report says cross border tensions will increase globally as climate change affects water resources in some countries in the world.
The Water Security Risk Index was developed by Maplecroft, a firm specializing in corporate risk intelligence, to identify risks to the supply chains and operations of multinational companies.
The index uses seven indicators to measure the four key areas surrounding the issue.
These include: access to improved drinking water and sanitation; the availability of renewable water and the reliance on external supplies; the relationship between available water and supply demands; and the water dependency of each country’s economy.
In all, ten nations have been rated as extreme risk including Somalia, Mauritania, Sudan, Niger, Iraq, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Egypt, Turkmenistan and Syria.
According to the report, Somalia has the least access to improved drinking water, with only 30 percent of the country having reliable supplies.