#defacto — Public Fediverse posts
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Report says #M23 rebel govt in east #DRCongo charges US$50-500 for "entry visas" (very steep by world standards!), and at first wanted to also stamp #passports.
https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2026/05/18/m23-tax-drive-dr-congo-squeeze-aid-groups
#travel #defacto #geography #geopolitics #independence #rebelgovernance @geography @geopolitics @politicalscience #EastAfrica #Africa #Congo #Rwanda
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Report says #M23 rebel govt in east #DRCongo charges US$50-500 for "entry visas" (very steep by world standards!), and at first wanted to also stamp #passports.
https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2026/05/18/m23-tax-drive-dr-congo-squeeze-aid-groups
#travel #defacto #geography #geopolitics #independence #rebelgovernance @geography @geopolitics @politicalscience #EastAfrica #Africa #Congo #Rwanda
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I am doing a research project on the history of doxing, which has involved a lot of scouring through various old #bbs list serves, etc. I have found many of them so amusing that I've decided I'm going to share screen shots regularly here! Thank you the #defacto archive for this one. Signature by the Amiga crew in 1993 #internethistory #warez #hackerhistory #realfriendshiprulesbusinesssucks
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I am doing a research project on the history of doxing, which has involved a lot of scouring through various old #bbs list serves, etc. I have found many of them so amusing that I've decided I'm going to share screen shots regularly here! Thank you the #defacto archive for this one. Signature by the Amiga crew in 1993 #internethistory #warez #hackerhistory #realfriendshiprulesbusinesssucks
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New #Yemen control map report for subscribers brings our coverage up to the present, with #SouthYemen separatists having badly lost their gambit for #independence. #Houthis and #AlQaeda are still as present as ever though.
More info: https://www.polgeonow.com/2026/02/yemen-civil-war-map-2026-houthis-separatists-irg-al-qaeda.html
#MiddleEast #maps #mapping #geopolitics #Saudi_Arabia #geography #defacto #map @geography @geopolitics #separatism #worldpolitics #IndianOcean #Socotra #STC #SouthArabia
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New #Yemen control map report for subscribers brings our coverage up to the present, with #SouthYemen separatists having badly lost their gambit for #independence. #Houthis and #AlQaeda are still as present as ever though.
More info: https://www.polgeonow.com/2026/02/yemen-civil-war-map-2026-houthis-separatists-irg-al-qaeda.html
#MiddleEast #maps #mapping #geopolitics #Saudi_Arabia #geography #defacto #map @geography @geopolitics #separatism #worldpolitics #IndianOcean #Socotra #STC #SouthArabia
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Danke für die Nachfrage - und leider nein.
Die #Judikative wie das BVG kann hier kaum helfen, da die #Legislative wie der deutsche #Bundestag ja weiterhin #dejure alle Rechte auch nach Art. 38 #Grundgesetz hat. Die #defacto - Beschränkung ihrer Rechte durch GG-sinnwidrige Koalitionsverträge & Koalitionsausschüsse (seit 1961) nehmen die Abgeordneten ja bisher freiwillig hin! Das Aufbegehren der #JU gegen #Merz war daher wichtig.
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Danke für die Nachfrage - und leider nein.
Die #Judikative wie das BVG kann hier kaum helfen, da die #Legislative wie der deutsche #Bundestag ja weiterhin #dejure alle Rechte auch nach Art. 38 #Grundgesetz hat. Die #defacto - Beschränkung ihrer Rechte durch GG-sinnwidrige Koalitionsverträge & Koalitionsausschüsse (seit 1961) nehmen die Abgeordneten ja bisher freiwillig hin! Das Aufbegehren der #JU gegen #Merz war daher wichtig.
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This article receives PolGeoNow's periodic tip of the hat for avoiding the news media standard of calling #Puntland state "semi-autonomous". Puntland as about as autonomous you can get, not even cooperating with #Somalia govt except when it feels like it.
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This article receives PolGeoNow's periodic tip of the hat for avoiding the news media standard of calling #Puntland state "semi-autonomous". Puntland as about as autonomous you can get, not even cooperating with #Somalia govt except when it feels like it.
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Honored for our #Somalia control #map to have been featured in the second installment of The New Humanitarian's "rebel rule" series on #rebelgovernance in areas outside control of official govts.
#geography #defacto #defactostates #AlShabaab #HornOfAfrica #maps #conflicttracking #controlmap #controlmaps #Africa #politics #security #cartography #AlQaeda #humanitarian @humanitarian @geography @geopolitics @politicalscience
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Honored for our #Somalia control #map to have been featured in the second installment of The New Humanitarian's "rebel rule" series on #rebelgovernance in areas outside control of official govts.
#geography #defacto #defactostates #AlShabaab #HornOfAfrica #maps #conflicttracking #controlmap #controlmaps #Africa #politics #security #cartography #AlQaeda #humanitarian @humanitarian @geography @geopolitics @politicalscience
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NOW (as of yesterday) #Canada really does say it's planning to recognize #Palestine as an independent country (in Sept., like #France).
#geography #independence #Gaza #WestBank #statehood #defacto #Israel #geopolitics #PalestinianAuthority #diplomacy @geography @geopolitics #MiddleEast #GazaWar #GazaStarving
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NOW (as of yesterday) #Canada really does say it's planning to recognize #Palestine as an independent country (in Sept., like #France).
#geography #independence #Gaza #WestBank #statehood #defacto #Israel #geopolitics #PalestinianAuthority #diplomacy @geography @geopolitics #MiddleEast #GazaWar #GazaStarving
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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
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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
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#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
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#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
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#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
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#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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 -
#DeFacto, denim üretiminde su tüketimini azaltarak sürdürülebilir modaya katkı sağlıyor #Sürdürülebilirlik #Moda #Denim #Su
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#DeFacto'nun emisyon azaltım hedeflerine #SBTi onayı
https://cevrehatti.com/surdurulebilirlik/defactonun-emisyon-azaltim-hedeflerine-sbti-onayi/
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#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
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#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
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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
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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
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#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
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#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
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Photojournalist visits "#Chinland": rebel-controlled areas of #Myanmar's #Chin State near #India border, including contested town of #Thantlang
#geography #defacto #defactostates #burma #SoutheastAsia #geographyteacher #civilwar @geography @geopolitics
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Photojournalist visits "#Chinland": rebel-controlled areas of #Myanmar's #Chin State near #India border, including contested town of #Thantlang
#geography #defacto #defactostates #burma #SoutheastAsia #geographyteacher #civilwar @geography @geopolitics
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#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
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#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
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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
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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
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@CNN 's #Fareed_Zakaria says "most #Taiwanese 🇳🇫 want to maintain the #status_quo." What most polls fail to tell you is that this so-called "status quo" is #defacto #independence.
❝Notes from Central #Taiwan: Time to stop using the NCCU status quo poll❞
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2021/11/29/2003768689 -
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
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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
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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
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#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
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#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
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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
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In unprecedented move, report from a #UK legislative committee calls #Taiwan an "independent country". UK govt leadership still doesn't officially acknowledge Taiwan #independence.
#defacto #defactostate #geopolitics #diplomacy #geography @geography @geopolitics
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#Israel this week said it considers #WesternSahara part of #Morocco, fully taking Morocco's side against #Polisario/#SADR #independence movement. This is an unusual move, but follows same move from #USA in 2020. https://www.reuters.com/world/morocco-says-israel-recognises-its-sovereignty-over-western-sahara-2023-07-17/
#defacto #defactostates #geography @geography @geopolitics #diplomacy
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Wonder what's been going in #WesternSahara the past few years? The International Crisis Group recently published a good detailed summary (PolGeoNow takes no position on their policy recommendations): https://www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-north-africa/north-africa/western-sahara/paving-way-talks-western-sahara
#Morocco #Polisario #SADR #defacto #defactostates #diplomacy #geography @geopolitics @geography