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The Ilemi Triangle region is at the north-western corner of Lake Turkana. The Ilemi Triangle, sometimes called only Ilemi, is a disputed area in East Africa, claimed by both Kenya and South Sudan. Arbitrarily defined, it measures about 11,000 square kilometres (4,200 sq mi). [1] The territory is claimed by South Sudan and Kenya.
Brigadier General Philip Maud CMG, CBE (8 August 1870 – 28 February 1947) [1] was an English officer of the British Army, who is most notable for setting the Maud Line, an imaginary border in Kenya, which set the original position of the disputed Ilemi Triangle.
Kenya–South Sudan relations are bilateral relations between South Sudan and Kenya.South Sudan is a strategic partner of Kenya in many areas. Both countries have cultural similarities as many people from South Sudan lived in Kenya before independence.
The Ilemi Triangle, a disputed sliver of land along the border with Ethiopia and South Sudan, is the northernmost tip of Turkana, Kenya's poorest county. A series of deadly clashes between the ...
It is bordered by the countries of Uganda to the west; South Sudan and Ethiopia, including the disputed Ilemi Triangle, to the north and northeast; and Lake Turkana to the east. To the south and east, neighbouring counties in Kenya are West Pokot , Baringo and Samburu Counties , while Marsabit County is on the opposite (i.e. eastern) shore of ...
Kenya's Chief Eipa Choro, 74, remembers when battles were fought with knives and spears. Instability in neighboring Ethiopia and South Sudan are spilling over the border into the disputed ...
The Illemi Triangle is tri-junctional point where the Ethiopia and Kenya territories conjoin. [10] This area is significant for dry season pasture that support communities of different countries. On other hands, the area also significant for forage-rich pastures of Ilemi have been cause of war between transhumanist communities of South Sudan ...
Hala'ib Triangle and Bir Tawil Egypt Sudan [7] Previously under joint administration; Egypt now maintains full de facto control of the Hala'ib Triangle. The boundaries claimed by Egypt and Sudan both include the Hala'ib Triangle. The area of Bir Tawil close to the triangle is unclaimed by both countries. Ilemi Triangle Kenya South Sudan