evidence: The oldest dispute is that around the Ilemi Triangle a territory, claimed by Sudan, Kenya and Ethiopia, and which goes back to the colonial times. Following numerous efforts to demarcate the area over the past 100 years, Ethiopia, Kenya and Sudan have all made conflicting claims to the triangle. Kenya currently has the de facto control and a new independent South Sudan could reactivate the issue. The triangle is a time bomb, given recent findings that the area could be rich in oil deposits.