Al-Monitor’s Ayah Ayman delves deeper into the dispute between Egypt and Sudan over the Halayeb and Shalateen triangle following the Sanafir and Tiran debacle. A diplomatic official working on the African dossier at the Egyptian Foreign Ministry tells the paper that “Egypt categorically refuses to discuss the issue or to go for international arbitration, and it has made this clear to Sudan during several high-level and diplomatic meetings.” He adds that the Sudanese political administration is using the dispute over the sovereignty of Halayeb “to place pressure on Cairo regarding thorny issues. Chief among these is the Nile water and the Renaissance Dam crisis with Ethiopia.” Meanwhile, Sudanese presidential assistant Ibrahim Hamid told Al-Monitor, “According to the borders left by colonialism and signed by Britain and Egypt, the Halayeb region falls within the borders of Sudan … We have legal and historical documents signed by Britain and Egypt, and we have included these documents in the complaint filed with the Security Council.”