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Reminds me of this interesting case of a piece of land between Egypt and Sudan that neither side wants, because having ownership would mean conceding ownership
by martinpw 10y ago
Reminds me of this interesting case of a piece of land between Egypt and Sudan that neither side wants, because having ownership would mean conceding ownership of a second larger piece of land to the other country:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bir_Tawil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bir_Tawil
- aninhumer 10y ago> because having ownership would mean conceding ownership of a second larger piece of land to the other country I don't think claiming Bir Tawil would inherently concede anything, it's just that both sides prefer to base their claims on historical boundaries to make them seem more justified.
- pizza 10y agoOh my god https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/16/american-claim-africa-science-jeremiah-heaton-egypt-sudan https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/16/american-claim...
- mastazi 10y agoSimilar case: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberland