African Territorial Disputes
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*What type of videos do you want to see on the channel in 2021?*
littracy rate
Maritime borders?
These types of regional videos, but next time maybe start with Africa instead of ending it with them. They are already pushed back far enough
Also I like your what if states/provinces/territories became independent videos
The North America Disputes, like the Hans Island and the north pole claims?
You need update regarding the Moroccan Sahara now morocco added guergarat in the borders with mauritania to its territory after it was an unarmed zone patrolled by MINORSO or UN soldiers and the UN doesn't recognize the polisario front as a legitimate representor of the sahrawi people but recognize the Moroccan solution as realistic which is autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty and criticize the polisario for its action more than 20 consulates has opened and will open including the US consulate which recognizes the Sahara as a part of the Moroccan territory
The reason for the dispute of who controls the river between Namibia and South Africa is diamonds. The river deposits diamonds all the way into the ocean. Alot is to be gained from controlling the Orange River. I used to live in a town along the river (namibian side) called Oranjemund.
Thank you for the explanation.
i was wondering why south africa is claiming the whole river because usually river borders go straight down the middle of the river not up to including the opposite shore.
Diamonds always spell disaster for countries. The majority of countries who discover diamonds end up in corruption. A real shame really because discovering diamonds should allow countries to develop but very rarely end up being a positive.
@@alexnorth691 namibia has a very good reputation with the diamond mining industry. My husband, his father and my own parents all worked for the company (Namdeb) it was one of the first towns in Namibia to fully integrate schools, even before the end of apartheid. They put a great deal of effort into safety and women's rights in the workplace. So it's a really progressive industry here and rarely gets bad press. The word "dispute" is almost too heavy. It's just that SA and Nam haggled over its ownership when Namibia became independent. Namibia had practically separated entirely long before independence, but the main harbours and river were a few years in discussion, or it would have happened before 1989. SA got its fare share of rights to mine along the coast on both sides. So I wouldn't say that anyone is unhappy about how it was handled, each just tried to get the best possible deal tbh. As far as African corruption with diamond mining goes, Namibia is a damn saint. Shit gets rough when you hear about what's going on in Angola, it gets insane man
@@fiffihoneyblossom5891 great to hear about all the positives happening in Namibia in relation to diamonds. It’s the way every country should be! But yes, Angola really have struggled. I’m interested in Namdeb now, I’m going to look up about the company haha! Thanks for sharing 👍🏻👍🏻
The Illmeni Triangle is where Wakanda is located in the MCU
How about noooooo
@@mrbobby6841 no they just migrated when the British came
yup, they sure were in the desert in the movie
@@mrbobby6841 no
@@bruhz_089 Yeah that makes sense.
One big dispute that you didn’t mention was the whole somaliland thing. Technically not a disput between countries but a big division in the country itself. The border goes along the colonial division of the country between Italy and the UK.
There's also another dispute in Somalia, a territory called Puntland. However, Somaliland has the strongest claim in it's territory
The republic Somaliland is country
But putland is federal state of somalia there is no dispute among them
But Somaliland took its independence from British 26 June 1960
And return 18 may 1991 from rest of somalia
Unfortunately it's get recognition
@@abokorkalay9630 it’s ironic too because puntland isn’t even the historically accurate region it was named after
@@abokorkalay9630 Somaliland is apart of Somalia. They only "left" because the central government collapsed after the Ogaden War.
we have a maritime dispute with kenya, a border dispute with ethiopia, we might claim socotra, and on top of all of that we also claim everywhere in greater somalia. we have a thing for disputes.
Im Dinka (South Sudanese) and im surprised you said Abyei right 9:20
I'm not gonna lie, I'm also surprised
@@General.Knowledge
Most African words are super easy to read cos we normally transliterate words how we pronounce them. 🤷🏽♂️
How tall are you?
Especially since that "Saskatchewan" lol
You were born after 2011 or in 2011?
Bird populations on an island means a lot of bird poop. This is rich in phosphate, which can be mined and sold. The USA claims any island in the Pacific if it had phosphate
@Aaden Barbara yes, I do. That is most likely where I learnt that fact from
@@ejbarker10 bird guano is not a useful source of phosphorous any more. It is easier to mine it from evaporite deposits and chemically upgrade it.
Utility for ''useless island'' ? More territorial water for fishing and resource extractions, no territorial claim is ''useless''
lol the Baarle-Nassau dispute between Belgium and the Netherlands was pretty useless
@@the8thgemmer467 well when you living room is in one country and the doorway in another... kinda help to know where do you live
@@dominicchiasson590 The only reason is for tax and bills purposes, which is decided by where your front door is located. Otherwise it doesn't really matter whether you in Belgium or Netherlands.
@@the8thgemmer467 Baarle-Nassau isn't a dispute at all. The boundaries are well defined and agreed upon.
@@-Benedict there used to be a dispute for small part of them
Happy New Year, General Knowledge🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
Happy New Year!
@@General.Knowledge Thanks. You, too.
Please make a video if south Africa break ups like Yugoslavia
Or the United Boer republics
whatifalthist did a similar video with south africa in it
@@sodapop1794 but that is future, not past
It's inevitable in my opinion. I'm South African and am currently supporting an independence movement in the western cape and some people in the movement insist we claim the Northern Cape as well. That's not all, the KwaZulu-Natal province which historically is the Zulu-homeland are currently also undergoing a independence movement claimed by the Zulu Prince himself. Lesotho is also claiming lands to the North of its territory and like the video says, Swaziland is also aiming to get ALL its territory back. I seriously don't see this country being united by the end of the century.
@@tigervalley62 maybe there can be a new Boer rebuplic
@@SAVAGE-oe3fg: Perhaps. I don't know what will happen in the future but the possibility is certainly not off the table. Maybe the movement I am supporting in the western Cape will be that new republic, who knows.
Edit: Or Oranje in the Free State will seek international recognition. Forgot about that one.
Next video: border distpute between Ethiopia and eritrea; Cabinda; Iles Éparses vs Madagascar; former british Cameroon...
Hell yea was waiting for this
Same fellow
Can we just spare a moment for those living in these areas
OMG I have been living in such a bubble for the last 4 years that I didn't even know Swaziland changed their name to
Eswatini. Jeeeeeez.
Happy New Year and great video!
Can do Oceania territorial disputes combined with Antarctica ones(they exist).
I agree
love your videos
Thank you!
I don't know who normalised that horrid pronunciation of "Hala'ib" on UA-cam, but here in Egypt (and I am sure in Sudan too) it is literally called halayeb. Ha as in "haha", La pronounced with a light A and yeb like in yep. It is very easy, but I keep seeing the overused and overly complicated "Hala'ib" (which is pronounced hala'eeb like in the video). Other wise, Hala'ib is full of natural Beauty like in gebel elba, I would see why Sudan would claim it due to the beja Majority there (despite Sudan being prodimnantly Sudanese not Nubian, and nubains being divided between Egypt and Sudan), But the troops speak in these matters, and there are Egyptian troops situated in halayeb.
Other than this little nitpick, amazing video as usual, love from Egypt, and a happy new year!
I think that the pronunciation matter isn't important because with the different languages there is barriers like the letter "ح" doesn't doesn't have replacements in english and its not a big deal in the first place but the hard "e" sound is kind of annoying to be honest
And I'm happy that you took the video chill a lot of people go crazy when their country is in a territorial dispute
When will the result of the contest be revealed? 🤔
In 10000 years lol
Happy New Year GK!! 🥳🎆
best of all your excellent vids yet. tnx. dank je
i missed that kind of videos it is great labor again thanks for informing us
Happy new year general Knowledge
Territorial disputes in Antarctica and Oceania as 1 video
Thanks, UN!
I think you'll find it's pronounced "Hala'iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiib."
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What about Cabinda the former Portuguese colony now port of Angola but an enclave? And the Caprivi Strip which was part of German Empire but claimed now by SA amongst other neighbouring countries? And the 5 former Danish Gold Coast colonies along West Africa?
There is one which is pending between Gabon and Equatorial Guinea for the Corisco Island, located off the coast, opposite to Cocobeach, Gabon. Given the islands are located on an oil-rich area, Gabon laid claims to it. Currently, however, it belongs to the Equatorial Guinea.
Missing dispute is Egypt's claim to upstream water rights on the Nile. Looking at you, Ethiopia :-)
Great video! Happy New year GK
Best New Year Gift.
People of Abyei are Dinka and Dinka are Southerners. Heglig was named to sound Arabic by the northern govt but the locals (Nuer) call it Panthaou. Which also makes it purely South Sudanese territory
The disputed areas of Somalia are
1. Ogadenia (Ethopia vs Somalia)
2. nfd and sea dispute (somalia vs kenya
3. small area (dijaboute vs eretria)
4. Socotra Island (Somali vs Yemen)
The disputed areas of Somalia are 4 places
1. Ogadenia (Ethopia vs Somalia) 2. nfd and sea dispute (somalia vs kenya 3. small area (dijaboute vs eretria) 4. Socotra Island (Somali vs Yemen)
Happy new year
· Morocco V.S. Sahrawi Rep.
· Egypt V.S. Sudan
· Morocco V.S. Spain
· Eswatini V.S. South Africa
· South Africa V.S. Namibia
· Rep. Dem. Congo V.S. Uganda
· South Sudan V.S. Kenya
· Sudan V.S. South Sudan
· United Kingdom V.S. Mauritius V.S. Maldives
· France V.S. Comoros V.S. Madagascar V.S. Mauritius
Yemen V.S. Somalia
Somaliland vs somalia
By the time the Germans had surrendered in WWI, Britain's South African colony had gained independence (1910) and when Germany gave up German Southwest Africa, South Africa annexed it to become the union of South Africa.
Please do territorial disputes in north america next!
I love these videos
Imo, If the colonial boarders are such an issue, there should be no reason the countries themselves couldn’t come together and civilly talk things out and act on them. That won’t happen though.
I haven’t even finished watching it yet lol
Ol
Can you make a video about how should africa be divided if the countries was formed naturatly?
Some of the african countries are divded by their older empires (burkina faso and mali came to mind)
You didn't talk about the border dispute between Nigeria and Cameroon around the Bakassi region.
People blame "European Colonialism" of ignoring etnical and cultural differences and being arbitrary but forget that European states thenselves at the time ignored etnical and cultural differences on their own continent
The Nation-State wasn't an idea when they divided Africa, it wasn't a matter of consideration.
P.S: no, I'm not deffending europe in anyway, I'm just showing the Anachronism
What about the Ethio-Eritrean border , the Ethio-Somalian border and the Ethio-Kenyan border dispute.
Also Eritrean -Djibouti Ethiopia -Sudan 😂 but we all brothers 🇸🇴 🇪🇹 🇪🇷 🇰🇪 🇩🇯 🇸🇩
Personally I feel like Sudan Egypt one is the most interesting 1 for reasons
The whole region called the somali state of Ethiopia is a big conflict not so much these days but whole wars were fought over it, as well as Kenya’s Former NFD province which now encompasses multiple counties has always been inhabited by somalis.
Some straight lines - like the original Egypt-Sudan border, aren't very good borders.
On the other hand, I'd argue that the Algeria-Mauritania border is probably a good use of a straight line for a border, given that it goes right through the middle of the Sahara Desert.
Territorial disputes on mars?
I found it difficult concentrating because the soundtrack is a Belgian march formerly used for the Gendarmerie (a police force) 😂
U r the best dude
happy new year!
“Hala’ib is above the line....Bir Tawil is below.”
I find the usage of “above” and “below” on maps to be odd. Technically, it should be “north” and “south”, respectively. As with looking at a map, north does not equate to “up”, that’s just how we orient the compass. “Up/above” would be accurately applied with altitude and not cardinal direction.
Think about it. We’re technically not getting closer to the sky by traveling “north”, so why do we say “up north”? We go “up” mountains and river basins.
Oml...
Just...
You know what he meant and everyone else did
Stop looking for petty things like that just to be annoying
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Happy New Year, everyone!
What about Migingo island in Lake Victoria contested between Uganda and Kenya?
You miss Nigeria and Cameroon over Bakassi peninsula and the lake Chad border before the two countries
He left the Malawi and Tanzania dispute of Lake Malawi's northern bank. Malawi claims it all.
This is the earliest I have ever been. Less than a minute
You have put the seal of Portugal over the word "Ceuta" min 5:13. That is not correct. Also is the "Migingo" problem in Victoria Lake
Where is the contest
What about Somalia and Somaliland?
Make a video about Antartic territorial disputes
Happy new year to all
Western Sahara? I think that you meant southern Morocco.
All maps refer to it as Western Sahara
It's western Sahara and this is their flag 👉🇪🇭
So I'm making a joke here as an American. The United States has in it's foreign policy to support Moroccan claims in the area. Morocco has been a US ally for a very long time. Thus I made a joke that it was southern Morocco.
@@Makem12 Okay. Thanks for clarifying.
There are some very incendiary comments from Moroccans making the same claim but not as a joke.
@@Makem12 maybe for you it's a joke but for saharaui people is a very serious thing. they have been patients for over 45 years with their claims with the un and many people have already died. I think that what Trump did supporting an oppressive and invading people is very bad.
I have a simple solution to most of these disputes, ask the natives who they want to be part of... but of course this only works if the area is inhabited...
What about cities where one tribe has 30%, another tribe has 25%, and yet another tribe has 20%? Also how precise the division should be? When some region has 60% of one tribe will they get it whole? Or will you take parts that have majority of different tribe. And in these parts, will you give it to those, or with you fragment it more to single villages? What if you end up with thousands of enclaves and exclaves? Also who do you consider native? Someone who was born in the land? Someone who was born in the land before 1960? Or someone who is descendant of those who lived there before 1880s? Or if we apply same standards as in America, someone whose ancestors where there before 1492.
@@stafer3 Never thought I would get to share my solutions to such problems, I have 3 solutions: 1) No city, town, village or any settlement will be divided since it will harm the local economy, 2) No exclaves or enclaves smaller than a certain limit will be allowed (I haven't decided on what the limit should be yet), and 3) I think anyone whose family has lived in the region for 100 years should be considered a native and should get a say...
@@tronation1932 OK, and how would you do enforcement of those borders? Like pretty common example in Africa is that smaller tribe has its territory full of resources so bigger tribe doesn’t want to grant them autonomy. Who would be the arbiter and sending troops to keep them that way. When some tribe of 50 million will think that it’s unfair that some region with 10 thousand people gets to be independent.
@@stafer3 I didn't really understand what you wrote...
@@tronation1932 Borders need enforcement otherwise you end up in situation like all these cases in this video. One side says line should be like this, other side says line should be like that and then stronger side occupies it and line is like that.
Socotra is a yemeni island. they speak amharic which is an old Yemeni language spoken also in Mahra governate in Yemen
Amharic is Ethiopian
@@yodamaster445 no it is originally a semetic language and an ancient yemenite language
@@Realgoatdebate for real i thought it was more similar with akkadian ,the most similar languages with ancient yemeni are languages like harari,and siltinga
@@AMR_k400 actually amharic is a south western semitic language while akkadian is oriental semitic language. The most relatable semitic language to amharic is ancient south arabian that appeared in yemen (as both amharic and south arabian are southwestern semetic language and by the way they're the only one), another important thing, is that the ethio-somali component who introduced semetuc languages to east africa and ancestral haplogroup J crossed to the horn from yemen, and there is a lot of theories suggesting the yemenite origin of the amhara people.
@Greater Somalia nope. they speak amharic which is an old Yemeni language. and lands dosent come always by the nearst landmass.
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video sound is very low.
Show the borders better we can not understand,u hv to show the area and the borders better
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Tunisia and Malta dispute over the continental shelf it's still dormant but will open up soon.
The western Sahara conflict will probably end in the next few months. Polisario front made a huge mistake by blocking " El guerguerat borders" and the Moroccan operation gained a lot of support from different countries.
Morocco is now crushing Algeria in diplomacy ‚ finished by the American recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over western Sahara ‚ and Britain will be next ‚ with a renewable energy project .
It is sad what's happening in the polisario camps in Algeria ‚ many children are born illegally ‚ and the tell them the Moroccan army killed their fathers so the hate will grow up with that kid ‚ and anyone who tries to escape from the camps will be executed for "treason"
Yep Western Sahara declared war on Morocco which now gives Morocco leverage to wipe out what remains of if. They, and their people in the exile camps, unfortunately have become tools of Algerian, and formerly Libyan, socialists.
Sad that this is still happening and that so many people actually support Morocco
@@TheRealKingLeopoldII supporting morocco is the most reasonable thing to do to end this misery
@@adamgq7625 if Morocco just let these people have the freedom they want it would be good
@@TheRealKingLeopoldII it's not that easy
We're talking about Africa, but from this guy all I can hear is Boston
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You missed Somaliland, whose de facto independence is not recognized by Somalia.
Still part of Somalia government
I'd like to know what your thoughts and opinions are on this plan for Portugal to expand it's territory in modern times: ua-cam.com/video/CYSm8rla5jY/v-deo.html
Personally, I think it's a great idea.
In the northwestern part of Somalia is Somaliland.
Yeah do a second one : there's that of the bakassi peninsula
I watched one of your videos and you pronounced Lesotho wrong, It's pronounced Lee-soo-too, the TH word is a hard T in most South African languages
What about ogaden and Somaliland
Bruh somali land never claimed Ogaden it was Somalia and they stopped their claim when they lost the war with Ethiopia
you have forgotten the worst tension in the horn of africa somaliland and somalia
If you do a middle east one the comment section will turn into a warzone real quick. May want to turn it off for that one.
He has already made a video on Asian territorial disputes
There’s hardly any border disputes in the Middle East beyond Israel/Palestine
@@eca3101
Well, at least you could add Cyprus/Northern Cyprus, kinda Kurdistan and probably something in Yemen.
@@quidam_surprise Kurdistan is a separatist movement only active in Turkey. Kurds in Iraq haven’t pushed for independence and Kurds in Syria are negotiations for autonomy under Assad.
Yemen used to have a border dispute with Saudi Arabia but that was resolved in the 1990s.
Again, there’s barely any border disputes in the Middle East
@@quidam_surpriseSaudi Arabia and Egypt had a pretty serious dispute over control of an island at the Red Sea one time.
Socotra was also invaded and claimed by the UAE
Why do they claim it? It doesn't make sense geographically since the country is located at the other side of the arabian peninsula on the persian gulf.
@@haroeneissa790 good place for a naval base by the red sea
@@kieranburg ok that makes sense since its close to the red sea and the nearby strait. But i mean what narrative do they use to claim it. I mean, iceland could also claim the island if they want but they wouldnt be taken seriously because they have nothing to do with the island.
the sarhara is a spicy boarder
The world map is fixture of lies. Look at how Africa is made to look smaller that North America and same with Australia to Greenland Island. With all the disputes at hand, the African Union's role is critical and significant in the process.
Viva Polisario 🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭
Booo
Viva el Sahara Occidental libre de la ocupación del pueblo marroquí invasor 🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭
@@Rivan98 viva el Sáhara marroquí 🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦 y no a los terroristas del Polisario
@@okariolu1584 sigue llorando porque seguirá siendo sahararui por toda la eternidad 🇪🇭😂🖕
Or make a video on a new boer republic or new Rhodesia
Nice video
what a coincidence that the sudans both claim a triangle
Ikr
Happy New Years Everyone hope covid wont be as as bad as it did last year
"COVID" is Fear Propaganda. Just like so called "man-made" Climate Change.
@@josueveguilla9069 no its not
@@TBAnimations Yes, it is. Don't be a Big Daddy and Mommy Government Sheep🐑
@@josueveguilla9069 yeah whatever, you are wrong dude
@@angelmatesmolan Prove it.
Halaieb is Sudanese that's a fact
Egypt is a colonizer.
Hahahah no Egypt has sexier women soooo they get it
Pretty sure it was always egyptian. When has any sudanese empire own that land???
@@zebimicio5204 bla bla bla
Egypt occupied halieb in 1994 facts.
Look, I'm Sudanese and I
also think that the land is ours, but don't you think that this comment is a little bit Provocative
all Sudan were also part of Egypt
Keyword. ONCE
That's like saying Kenya was part of the UK. Technically, you're not wrong, but each of these two nations were always historically different and at odds.
what do you use to edit your videos?
Bakassi Peninsula between Nigeria and Cameroon
Mentioned the non issue of socotra archepelago but didn't mention the war that took part over ogaden, *NICE*
You need update regarding the Moroccan Sahara now morocco added guergarat in the borders with mauritania to its territory after it was an unarmed zone patrolled by MINORSO or UN soldiers and the UN doesn't recognize the polisario front as a legitimate representor of the sahrawi people but recognize the Moroccan solution as realistic which is autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty and criticize the polisario for its action more than 20 consulates has opened and will open including the US consulate which recognizes the Sahara as a part of the Moroccan territory
Your statement is interesting but difficult to read. But needs punctuation to break it into sentences.
@@archstanton6102 i will put punctuation next time
@Poto Yiii indeed that is the case on the ground polisario is active on the Algerian soil not on the Moroccan soil
What about the somaliland stuff??
@Greater Somalia its not part of somalia since somalia cant say anything that happens in SL
@Greater Somalia i mean somalia cant gouvern SL and they have been gouvering themselfes for 30 years. Why in their rightmind would they want to give that up to rejoin somalia?
@Greater Somalia if you are talking about sool and sanaag half of those belong to isaaq. So whats your idea you cant force poeple to join something they dont want!
@Greater Somalia somalia has not been a country for almost 30 years. So it doesnt really matter. And if you look at the clan map half of sool and sanaag belong to isaaq clan. Maybe if the darood part want to stay with somalia its their choice
I may not be first. may not be last. when I saw this. I clicked fast
What a rhyme
Glorieuses : Glorious Island