News Categories: New Countries, Breakaway States, Unrecognized States
Full Story: New Country: Azawad Declares Independence from Mali
Flag of Azawad (image by Orionist; source) |
Flag of Azawad (image by Orionist; source) |
Map of State of Azawad, declared by the Tuareg-majority MNLA rebel group in Mali. Modified from Wikimedia map by Orionist, incorporating images by Carport and NordNordWest (source). License: CC BY-SA. |
Flag of Azawad (image by Orionist; source) |
Azawad (dark green) and remainder of Mali (light green) in Africa. Modified from this Wikimedia map (public domain). |
Flag of the Republic of Kosovo. Image by Cradel (source). License: CC BY-SA |
Kosovo, claimed as a province of Serbia, is policed by U.N. and E.U. peacekeepers. The Republic of Kosovo also governs the region, except for the Serbian-loyalist north. Map is my own work, based on these two blank maps by Nord-NordWest. License: CC BY-SA |
Diplomatic recognition of the Republic of Kosovo. Countries that recognized Kosovan independence recently (in the last twelve months) in light green, others in dark green; Kosovo in magenta. Public domain (source). |
The Palestinian Territories. Area A: Full Palestinian Control (on the ground); Area B: Joint Palestinian-Israeli Control; Area C: Full Israeli Control. Israeli government considers the green areas "disputed territory". Map is my own work. Sources: Natural Earth, B'Tselem, U.N. OCHA oPt, others. |
Countries recognizing the State of Palestine. Recent additions (in the last year) indicated in lighter color. Modified from this map by Alinor at en.wikipedia (license: CC BY-SA). |
Chart over time of total U.N. members recognizing the State of Palestine. My own work (source). |
Abkhazia (purple stripes) and South Ossetia (gold stripes), and their claimed location within Georgia. Wikimedia map by Ssolbergj (CC BY-SA). |
U.N. members recognizing Abkhazia shown in green. Vanuatu circled in green, Abkhazia circled in pink. Modified from this map by Wikimedia user NuclearVacuum (license: CC BY-SA). |