Atlas

Each point is a locator for a published case’s geographical context — not a border, capital or claim. Everything on the map is also in the list below, which works without the map.

Historical period

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  • Independence movements
  • Political status and decolonisation
  • Autonomy and Indigenous self-government
  • Historical independence
  • Unification and territorial transfer
  • Group of nearby locators — select to zoom

Shapes and colours never indicate legitimacy; collections are also named in the list.

Map data and boundary policy

Basemap: Natural Earth 4.1.0 land polygons (world-atlas@2.0.2), Public domain (Natural Earth terms of use). Land polygons only. No political boundaries are drawn by the basemap. Case boundaries appear only from approved, sourced geometry records, each labelled with its layer type, dates and provenance. Map policy.

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Cases on the map

15 cases matching East Africa and the Horn. The map shows the same set.

Cases shown on the atlas, with collection, region and locator description
CaseCollectionRegionMap
Afar self-determination Autonomy and Indigenous self-government East Africa and the Horn
Anjouan separatist episodes Historical independence East Africa and the Horn
Comoros Historical independence East Africa and the Horn
Darfur self-government projects Autonomy and Indigenous self-government East Africa and the Horn
Djibouti Historical independence East Africa and the Horn
Eritrea Historical independence East Africa and the Horn
Kenya Historical independence East Africa and the Horn
Madagascar Historical independence East Africa and the Horn
Mauritius Historical independence East Africa and the Horn
Ogaden / Somali-region self-determination Independence movements East Africa and the Horn
Oromo self-determination Independence movements East Africa and the Horn
Somaliland Political status and decolonisation East Africa and the Horn
South Sudan Historical independence East Africa and the Horn
Tigrayan political-status movements Political status and decolonisation East Africa and the Horn
Zanzibari political-status movements Autonomy and Indigenous self-government East Africa and the Horn