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There's a pretty good argument that Bir Tawil isn't really terra nullius. The right answer to "who owns it" is clearly "Egypt" or "Sudan", depending on the outc
by pcwalton 7y ago
There's a pretty good argument that Bir Tawil isn't really terra nullius. The right answer to "who owns it" is clearly "Egypt" or "Sudan", depending on the outcome of the Hala'ib Triangle territory dispute, not "neither".
- Bartweiss 7y agoI imagine that if either country lost the dispute they would take Bir Tawil as consolation. But I think the terra nullius argument is that neither country currently claims or administers it, since doing so would effectively concede the boundary dispute.
- astine 7y agoSupposedly, people have tried to claim it in the past but have been rebuffed by both Egypt and Sudan. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/03/welcome-to-the-land-that-no-country-wants-bir-tawil https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/03/welcome-to-the...