Halayeb and Shalateen, or the Halayeb Triangle, is an area of land measuring 20,580 square kilometers located on the Egyptian-Sudanese border on the Red Sea coast. It is part of the Red Sea governorate and consists of three major towns.The area belongs to Egypt politically and administratively. However, it has been one of the major points of conflict in Egyptian-Sudanese relations since the demarcation of borders between the two countries carried out during the British occupation of Egypt in 1899, a time when Sudan and Egypt were one country.Recently, bilateral relations were aggravated due the controversial Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Sudanese media claimed that Egypt sought to exclude Sudan from the tripartite talks with Ethiopia. However, Addis Ababa affirms that the dam is necessary for Ethiopia’s development and would not negatively affect downstream countries Egypt and Sudan.

Source: Egypt Today March 09, 2018 10:18 UTC