Search
445 results for “polgeonow”
-
Story in @washingtonpost calls itself "most complete account to date of how the Islamic State was able to regroup [in #Somalia] over the past decade". Yet all but the most recent of such info had already been covered several times over by reports from UN, Intl Crisis Group, etc
#geography #ISIS #ISIL #geopolitics #security #Puntland #IslamicState #HornOfAfrica #security #journalism #factcheck @geography @geopolitics @unitednations
-
🧵Investigative journalism in #Somalia is welcome, and @washingtonpost report from Feb made valuable contributions to story of #ISIS foreign recruitment in #Puntland state. But the story vastly exaggerates its own importance, among other issues...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/02/09/somalia-islamic-state-puntland-terrorism/
#geography #security #ISIL #HornOfAfrica #Africa #journalist #factcheck @geography @geopolitics #MiddleEast
-
However, #USA veto at UN Security Council is already the only thing preventing #Palestine from becoming a full member of the #UnitedNations - last time it was considered, #France voted in favor and #UK abstained. https://press.un.org/en/2024/sc15670.doc.htm
#independence #defacto #geography #UN #Israel #geopolitics #MiddleEast #statehood
-
#FactCheck: #Canada has apparently NOT so far followed #France in announcing plans to recognize #Palestine as independent country, despite today's Middle East Monitor headline claiming that. More recent source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/france-macron-palestinian-state-recognition-canada-1.7594392
#geography #Israel #independence #defacto @geography @geopolitics @geopolitics #MiddleEast #diplomacy #politics #MarkCarney #Gaza #WestBank
-
#France says it plans to recognize #Palestine as an independent country in Sept. About 3/4 of world's countries already recognize it, but France would be the most powerful Western-aligned government do so yet.
#geography #defacto #independence #Israel #geopolitics @geography @geopolitics #diplomacy #MiddleEast #WestBank #Gaza
-
In response to #Somalia's #Taiwan passport ban, 2 of US's 535 national-level legislators (a hardline Trump ally and a rep from #Minnesota, intl capital of Somali diaspora) made unusual threat of revoking US recognition of UN member Somalia's #independence for what they called "acting as...a branch office" of #China's ruling party.
#Somaliland #defacto #EastAfrica #CCP #geopolitics #diplomacy
-
Reports on #Somalia's new entry ban for #Taiwan passports fail to explain Taiwan's advice against citizens visiting #defacto independent #Somaliland too. Missing piece: Per UN's #ICAO, Somaliland airspace (but not airports, land borders) falls under #Mogadishu air traffic control.
#geography #HornOfAfrica #EastAfrica #geopolitics #independence #separatism @geography @geopolitics #aviation #politics #world #travel
-
4. Almost all media fall in this trap, but: It's wrong to call #Puntland a "semiautonomous region". Puntland is *entirely* autonomous (self-governed/controlled), now not even cooperating with #Somalia federal govt. It says it's part of Somalia in principle, but that's about it.
#geography #defacto #geopolitics #MiddleEast #Africa #borders #politics
@washingtonpost #independence #autonomy @geography @geopolitics -
#Gaza Strip has been largely ungoverned for past year+, with #Hamas driven underground and #Israel's ground forces coming and going. Now Hamas has returned to role as Strip's government.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/world/middleeast/hamas-gaza-israel-cease-fire.html
#Palestine #defacto #geography #defactostates @geography @geopolitics #GazaStrip
-
Some recent reporting on the "Kingdom of #Papaala", enigmatic realm of a notorious financial scammer that's become something between a #micronation and a #defacto state. https://harpers.org/archive/2024/11/the-island-king-sean-williams-bougainville/
#Bougainville #PNG #Melanesia #defactostates #micronations #geography #independence #oceania @geography @geopolitics #nationalism #scams
-
#Syria: In stunning end to years of frozen conflict, religious hardline rebel group has overrun much of #Aleppo, country's 2nd biggest city. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/aleppo-airport-closed-sources-say-syrian-rebels-reach-heart-city-2024-11-29/
2023 map attached, but this is first significant change to rebel control in Syria since 2020.
#geography #geopolitics #middleeast #Mediterranean #defacto #OSINT #conflicttracking #conflictmap @geography @geopolitics
-
#Norway, #Spain & #Ireland say that on May 28 they'll join nearly 3/4 of the world's countries in officially recognizing #Palestine as an independent country. #Slovenia and #Malta say they might soon too. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4nn78r3w3ko
#independence #defacto #defactostates #geography #geopolitics #MiddleEast #diplomacy #Mediterranean #Israel #IsraelPalestineWar @geography @geopolitics
-
The #Bahamas also recently joined most of the world in individually recognizing #Palestine as an independent country. https://mofa.gov.bs/the-commonwealth-of-the-bahamas-formally-recognizes-palestine-as-a-state/
#geography #diplomacy #defacto #defactostates #MENA #Caribbean #islandcountries #Israel @geography @geopolitics
-
Has #Ethiopia become first country ever to recognize self-proclaimed Republic of #Somaliland as independent from #Somalia? Somaliland govt says yes, but Ethiopia govt is giving mixed signals.
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/1/4/ambiguous-ethiopia-port-deal-fuels-uncertainty-over-somaliland-statehoodOne Ethiopian statement says it's only promised to seriously consider recognizing Somaliland: https://addisstandard.com/news-in-depth-assessment-of-somalilands-recognition-bid-by-ethiopia-part-of-mou/
#independence #defacto #defactostates #geographyteacher #geography #HornOfAfrica #AfricaNews #Africa #GulfOfAden #geopolitics @geography @geopolitics
-
Self-declared, #Armenia-backed Republic of #Artsakh (#NagornoKarabakh) says it will formally dissolve by end of this year, 22 years after declaring #independence from #Azerbaijan. Its military has already surrendered. https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2023/09/28/nagorno-karabakh-separatist-government-says-it-will-dissolve-itself-by-january-2024_6140487_4.html
#defacto #defactostates #geography #parastates #statehood #separatism #Caucasus #SouthCaucasus #geographyteacher #geopolitics @geography @geopolitics
-
#USA becomes first country to explicitly recognize #CookIslands and #Niue as independent countries. Both already have relations with dozens of countries, but are "associated" with #NewZealand (#Aotearoa) and usually not considered fully independent. https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/498812/nz-govt-welcomes-us-diplomatic-relations-with-cook-islands-and-niue
#independence #defacto #diplomacy #geography #Polynesia #PacificIsland #islands @geography
-
Self-proclaimed, #Armenia-backed #Artsakh Republic in disputed #NagornoKarabakh region appears to have surrendered to #Azerbaijan, likely signaling the end of its 30-year run as a "de facto state" (unrecognized country). https://www.reuters.com/world/us-calls-azerbaijan-halt-karabakh-attack-russia-urges-return-ceasefire-2023-09-20/
#defacto #defactostates #geography #geopolitics #politicalgeography #statehood #Nagorno #Karabakh #world #Caucasus @geography @geopolitics
-
#USA state of #Minnesota approves completely new #flag, planned to replace current flag in May of next year https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67778942
#flags #vexillology #geography #admin1 #vexillography #NorthAmerica
-
#USA state of #Minnesota approves completely new #flag, planned to replace current flag in May of next year https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67778942
#flags #vexillology #geography #admin1 #vexillography #NorthAmerica @geography
-
After low-turnout referendum in support, #Venezuela looks to have formally fully annexed (absorbed) the disputed #GuayanaEsequiba / #Essequibo region, currently controlled by #Guyana. It had previously labeled it on maps as a special "zone in reclamation".
Venezuela also says it will create new state/province to (theoretically) govern the area, but apparently hasn't done so quite yet.
#geography #disputedterritory #Essequibo #admin1 #borders #SouthAmerica
-
After low-turnout referendum in support, #Venezuela looks to have formally fully annexed (absorbed) the disputed #GuayanaEsequiba / #Essequibo region, currently controlled by #Guyana. It had previously labeled it on maps as a special "zone in reclamation".
Venezuela also says it will create new state/province to (theoretically) govern the area, but apparently hasn't done so quite yet.
#geography #disputedterritory #Essequibo #admin1 #borders #SouthAmerica @geography
-
#India supreme court hearing case that could reverse controversial 2019 legislation taking away #Kashmir's self-rule, splitting it in two, and downgrading it from state of India to a central govt controlled territory. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/2/india-top-court-hears-petitions-challenging-kashmir-special-status-removal
#autonomy #admin1 #disputedterritory #statehood #politicalgeography #geography #SouthAsia @geography @geopolitics
-
Popular leader of #Somalia's #Hiiraan (#Hiran) region, after being fired, has unilaterally declared new "#HiiraanState", claiming to be separate from #Hirshabelle state, which it officially forms half of. https://en.halbeeg.com/2023/06/25/beledweyne-is-no-flight-zone-ali-jeyte/
#statehood #admin1 #geography #HornOfAfrica #geopolitics @geography
-
Controversy in #India's #Nagaland state over ongoing movement to split state in two, creating "#FrontierNagaland" state along #Myanmar border.
#separatism #statehood #geography #borders #borderlands #borderstudies #Zomia #admin1 @geopolitics @geography @politicalscience #SouthAsia #SoutheastAsia
-
#Venezuela & #Guyana headed to urgent de-escalation talks after both countries and neighboring #Brazil put their militaries on alert as tensions spike over #Essequibo/#GuayanaEsequiba territorial dispute. https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/guyana-agreed-talks-venezuela-territorial-dispute-pressure-brazil-105536104
If Venezuela & Guyana came to blows, it would be first fighting between two countries in the Americas since Peru vs. Ecuador "Cenepa War" 28 years ago
#conflicttracking #disputedterritory #geopolitics #geography #military #wars #SouthAmerica #Caribbean @geopolitics
-
#UnitedStates initiates the process of leaving the #WorldHealthOrganization (#WHO)...again. The process takes one year, and was canceled last time (four years ago). https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/us/politics/trump-world-health-organization.html
#intergovernmental #geography #diplomacy @geography @geopolitics #health #medical #UnitedNations
-
#UnitedStates initiates the process of leaving the #WorldHealthOrganization (#WHO)...again. The process takes one year, and was canceled last time (four years ago). https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/us/politics/trump-world-health-organization.html
#intergovernmental #geography #diplomacy @geography @geopolitics #health #medical #UnitedNations
-
#UnitedStates initiates the process of leaving the #WorldHealthOrganization (#WHO)...again. The process takes one year, and was canceled last time (four years ago). https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/us/politics/trump-world-health-organization.html
#intergovernmental #geography #diplomacy @geography @geopolitics #health #medical #UnitedNations
-
#UnitedStates initiates the process of leaving the #WorldHealthOrganization (#WHO)...again. The process takes one year, and was canceled last time (four years ago). https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/us/politics/trump-world-health-organization.html
#intergovernmental #geography #diplomacy @geography @geopolitics #health #medical #UnitedNations
-
#UnitedStates initiates the process of leaving the #WorldHealthOrganization (#WHO)...again. The process takes one year, and was canceled last time (four years ago). https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/us/politics/trump-world-health-organization.html
#intergovernmental #geography #diplomacy @geography @geopolitics #health #medical #UnitedNations