Ilemi triangle
The Ilemi Triangle (also Elemi Triangle ) is a disputed area claimed by Ethiopia and Kenya ; the Sudan also rose to 2011 claim to it. The name is derived from Ilemi Akwon , a chief of the Anuak .
The area is given between 10,320 km² and 14,000 km². The area is currently (as of 2006) fully controlled by Kenya and counted as part of the Turkana County of the Rift Valley Province ( Lokichoggio and Lokitaung divisions). The unclear situation resulted from imprecise formulations of the treaties from the colonial era. An agreement on a clear demarcation has so far been achieved by the unstable conditions in the region, e.g. B. the civil war in South Sudan , and the economic marginality of the area prevented.
Since the independence of South Sudan in 2011, the area no longer borders on Sudan . It is still unclear what position the South Sudanese government, led by the Sudanese People's Liberation Army , will take on this territorial dispute.
The inhabitants of the Ilemi Triangle are predominantly nomadic ranchers from the Turkana ethnic groups, as well as Didinga , Toposa and Dassanetch .
Web links
- Nene Mburu: Delimitation of the Elastic Ilemi Triangle: Pastoral Conflicts and Official Indifference in the Horn of Africa. African Studies Quarterly, pp. 1-13
- Robert O. Collins, University of California: The Ilemi Triangle (PDF; 269 kB)
