The Significance of Geographic Location for the Success of Territorial Secession: African Example
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2004
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Political and economic factors always play the main role in the secession of territory. Various aspects of geographic location may however facilitate or hinder secession, as well as the effective functioning of the newly emerged state. For Africa, geographic location in secession may be of greater importance than in the case of other continents. This is caused for the most part by the fact that African states are some of the poorest in the world and are often unable to effectively counteract secession through military means. The lack of well-formed democratic state institutions in turn impedes the peaceful resolution of problems constituting the basis of secessionist tendencies. These are precisely the conditions under which geographic location plays a more critical role. This article has been published in "Miscellanea Geographica" 2004, Vol. 11, pp. 207-216.
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geographic location secession secessionist secessionism separatism separatist separatist conflict secessionist conflict civil war irredentism irredentist territorial secession Africa Biafra Katanga Eritrea South Sudan Somaliland Puntland Bioko Caprivi Cabinda Anjouan Moheli Ndzuwani Mwali Ambazonia Oromia Ogaden Afaria Gambela Ogadenia Afar Oromo Sidama Caprivi Strip Azawad Tuareg Agadez Niger Delta Darfur Zanzibar Barotse Barotseland Somali Diola Lozi Bubi Kivu Bakassi Bakongo Kabylia Berberia Tuareg rebellion Matabeleland Subsaharan Africa North Africa state collapse state fragmentation state
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TrzciĆski, Krzysztof. "The Significance of Geographic Location for the Success of Territorial Secession: African Example." Miscellanea Geographica 11, (2004): 207-216. DOI: 10.2478/mgrsd-2004-0024.