#145 - Only Flags Are Planted in Bir Tawil

from Bittersweet Infamy · host Josie Mitchell + Taylor Basso

Taylor tells Josie about the outlandish attempts to establish a new nation in Bir Tawil, a 2,060 km2 piece of unclaimed desert between Egypt and Sudan, and how the legacy of colonialism has shaped the geography of Northeast Africa.

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