Egyptian Sudan

What would be an easy way to get Egypt, when it finally was freed from British Influence, to also keep the Sudan?
 
What would be an easy way to get Egypt, when it finally was freed from British Influence, to also keep the Sudan?

Not have the British take it. Or maybe if the Axis were doing better in WWII the Egyptians could strike a deal about it.

There is no reason why Egypt shouldn't have kept the Sudan. Egypt paid for its administration all through the British occupation, provided a lot of the government and military manpower, etc.

Maybe the best solution would have been to divide it, leaving the Arab north with Egypt and the non-Muslim Black South to Uganda.
 
Maybe the best solution would have been to divide it, leaving the Arab north with Egypt and the non-Muslim Black South to Uganda.
The Mighty Wikipedia says it was de facto divided when under colonial rule anyway, so maybe that's the deal: north Sudan goes to Egypt, south Sudan to solely British rule.
 
More People, and eventually Oil, it should help it out a good amount, as long as they dont also have Darfur and White Nile....
 
How would that affect the Egyptian economy? Keeping half or all.

Probably not all that much in Egypt itself, but it would result in a bigger joint economy and give Egypt/Sudan a lot more pull in African affairs.

It would probably have a pretty big positive effect on the Sudanese economy, who would have access to a lot more trained officials and technicians, and as part of a larger polity it's possible better order would be maintained.

Eventually the oil would help, but I'm guessing the cost of extraction there would never have made it the most competitive, although earlier development might have taken advantage of all the various Mid East crises, and at least made Egypt-Sudan self-reliant.

I think it's in the political sphere this might have made a large difference. A massive Egypt-Sudan looks a lot more like the central focus of a unity movement, and if oil-independent is going to have more freedom of maneuver in diplomacy.
 
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