Kingdom of the Yellow Mountain ( ): Proclamation of a New Kingdom at the Egyptian Sudanese Border (Bir Tawil)

The declaration of a new nation in a pocket of “unclaimed” territory sandwiched between Egypt and Sudan is raising eyebrows in Egypt and elsewhere in the region, with many unsure how serious the announcement to be taken or what consequences the supposed new country could have. The birth of the “Kingdom of Yellow Mountain” was declared by its “prime minister” – American-Lebanese Nadera Awad Nasif – in a brief video clip posted online last week. Claiming to speak on behalf of the kingdom’s monarch, whom she did not name, she said the new nation would serve as a haven of justice and compassion for the world’s migrants, displaced and oppressed. More: Халаиб ’ib_Triangle Треугольник_Халаиба Бир-Тавиль