1.   Egypt controls the Halaib region militarily and administratively, although Sudan maintains a token police presence.

2.   Egypt has also begun setting up infrastructure projects such as roads in the region, which Cairo controls militarily and administratively although Sudan maintains a token police presence.

3.   The region, controlled militarily and administratively by Egypt but with a token Sudanese police presence, is a potential flashpoint whenever relations between the two nations are strained.

4.   It has military and administrative control of the region although Sudan maintains a token police presence.