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separatism
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The endeavour of a region or a racial, ethnic or linguistic group to separate or withdraw from the nation-State as, for example, in the case of Katanga, Biafra, Cabinda, Casamance, Caprivi, Eritrea, Tigray, Southern Sudan and Somaliland.
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secessionism
Related terms
Casamance conflict
civil wars
federalism
self-determination
separatist parties
territorial partition
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09.01.05 POLITICAL CONDITIONS AND PROCESSES
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