Why are Egypt and Sudan in dispute over the Hala'ib Triangle?(Quizzical)(Brief Article)

D Cleland, St Ives

In 1899, Britain and Egypt signed a treaty that declared the land south of the 22nd Parallel part of Sudan. However, this line, which still represents Egypt's border with Sudan, cut across tribal lands, so a second agreement gave grazing rights to the Ababda tribe to the south and the Beja to the north. Administration of the areas--known as the Hala'ib Triangle--subsequently recognised these boundaries instead of the straight line until Sudan's independence front Britain in 1956, when Egypt tried to enforce its rights according to the original agreements.

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