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  1. #Somalia govt forces last week captured #ElBur, last district center in central #Galmudug region controlled by #AlShabaab, though they later retreated from other key towns in the area.

    voanews.com/a/somali-army-capt voanews.com/a/7245333.html

    Though Somalia govt victories in Galmudug region are a big deal, Al Shabaab's core stronghold area in the south remains largely untouched.

    #OSINT #conflictracking #geography #geopolitics #HornOfAfrica #Africa #military @geography @geopolitics

  2. #Somalia govt forces last week captured #ElBur, last district center in central #Galmudug region controlled by #AlShabaab, though they later retreated from other key towns in the area.

    voanews.com/a/somali-army-capt voanews.com/a/7245333.html

    Though Somalia govt victories in Galmudug region are a big deal, Al Shabaab's core stronghold area in the south remains largely untouched.

    #OSINT #conflictracking #geography #geopolitics #HornOfAfrica #Africa #military @geography @geopolitics

  3. BIG political #geography news from yesterday: #UK says it will give #ChagosIslands to #Mauritius, which has claimed them for decades and recently had vindication from intl courts and UN. No date yet - pending treaty. bbc.com/news/articles/c98ynejg

    #disputedterritory #IndianOcean #Chagossians #islands #sovereignty #Africa #colonialism

  4. Just a shoutout to AllSanaag.com, local news outlet in the area contested between #Somalia and self-proclaimed #Somaliland, for having the most epic OG web design I've seen in awhile.

    #localnews #HornOfAfrica #webdesign #Puntland #Sanaag #journalism #Africa #RedSea

  5. #China diplomat appears to say countries that declared independence from #SovietUnion in early 1990s (such as #Ukraine) aren't fully established as independent by international law. (This goes entirely against any interpretation I've ever heard.) news.yahoo.com/chinas-ambassad

    #geopolitics #diplomacy #diplomaticrecognition #statehood #internationallaw @PIL @geopolitics @geography

  6. Internal debate in #UK govt over whether to give #ChagosIslands, which intl. court ruled 2 years ago were under "unlawful occupation", to legal owner #Mauritius. Islands' people were infamously expelled to build military base also used by #USA. moderndiplomacy.eu/2023/12/07/

    #geography #disputedterritory #IndianOcean #islands #geopolitics #occupation

  7. A very interesting case...

    's (non-Muslim) prime minister plans to recognize of "Sovereign State of the Order", liberal Muslim headquarters in Albanian capital, to be modeled after . Unclear whether it could get recognition from other countries.

    nytimes.com/2024/09/21/world/e

    @geography @geopolitics @religion

  8. A very interesting case...

    #Albania's (non-Muslim) prime minister plans to recognize #independence of "Sovereign State of the #Bektashi Order", liberal Muslim headquarters in Albanian capital, to be modeled after #VaticanCity. Unclear whether it could get recognition from other countries.

    nytimes.com/2024/09/21/world/e

    #geography #secession #micronations #microstates #geographyteacher #sovereignty #Europe #Balkans #Islam #Muslims #diplomacy #Bektashism @geography @geopolitics @religion

  9. #Brazil has newly recognized 8 different #indigenous territories (promising their pre-colonial residents permanent ownership-like rights to the land) since president #Lula returned to power, including 2 just this week. reuters.com/world/americas/bra

    #politicalgeography #SouthAmerica #geography #LatinAmerica #Amazon