Navigating Terra Nullius: The Ababda and the Case for Indigenous Land Rights in Bir Tawil
Located along the border between Egypt and The Sudan, Bir Tawil is the product of a border dispute that goes back over a century, the result of which is that neither country claims it, rendering the 1,290-square-kilometre territory Terra Nullius. Several individuals, misreading the traditional legal...
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ftunivclancas:oai:clok.uclan.ac.uk:36919 2023-05-15T17:53:45+02:00 Navigating Terra Nullius: The Ababda and the Case for Indigenous Land Rights in Bir Tawil Karalekas, Dean 2020-09 application/pdf http://clok.uclan.ac.uk/36919/ http://clok.uclan.ac.uk/36919/1/36919.pdf http://www.gjefnet.com/images/Vol4No2/4.pdf en eng Research Institute for Progression of Knowledge http://clok.uclan.ac.uk/36919/1/36919.pdf Karalekas, Dean (2020) Navigating Terra Nullius: The Ababda and the Case for Indigenous Land Rights in Bir Tawil. Global Journal of Economics and Finance, 4 (2). pp. 41-49. ISSN 2578-8809 cc_by_nc_nd_4 CC-BY-NC-ND Economics N300 - Finance Article PeerReviewed 2020 ftunivclancas 2021-09-09T22:34:31Z Located along the border between Egypt and The Sudan, Bir Tawil is the product of a border dispute that goes back over a century, the result of which is that neither country claims it, rendering the 1,290-square-kilometre territory Terra Nullius. Several individuals, misreading the traditional legal ramifications of the designation Terra Nullius, have laid claim to it, though mostly as little more than publicity stunts. Since the discovery of gold in the area, and the extraction operations of the Canadian mining firm Orca Gold Inc. at its Block 14 concession just over the border in Sudan, the local prospectors fear they will lose their livelihood. These locals are primarily made up of members of the Ababda Tribe. This paper provides a brief history of the Ababda’s presence in this area, and then offers a look at the strength of their claim over the land and mineral rights from the perspective of international law. Article in Journal/Newspaper Orca University of Central Lancashire: CLOK - Central Lancashire Online Knowledge |
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Located along the border between Egypt and The Sudan, Bir Tawil is the product of a border dispute that goes back over a century, the result of which is that neither country claims it, rendering the 1,290-square-kilometre territory Terra Nullius. Several individuals, misreading the traditional legal ramifications of the designation Terra Nullius, have laid claim to it, though mostly as little more than publicity stunts. Since the discovery of gold in the area, and the extraction operations of the Canadian mining firm Orca Gold Inc. at its Block 14 concession just over the border in Sudan, the local prospectors fear they will lose their livelihood. These locals are primarily made up of members of the Ababda Tribe. This paper provides a brief history of the Ababda’s presence in this area, and then offers a look at the strength of their claim over the land and mineral rights from the perspective of international law. |
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