Every Territorial Anomaly in Africa Explained
4I worked really hard on this, so I'd appreciate it if you'd like it and dropped a sub. Researching was incredibly interesting, editing not so much, so I hope you'll enjoy it.
Background animation with permission from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaoigWHOtBM&lc=UgwhEttbFBn2a1by_JN4AaABAg.9tawAcvqCDh9taxEC9m1cU
SOURCES:
Lots of Geography Now and Map Men episodes
Geography Now: https://www.youtube.com/@GeographyNow
Sovereign Limits: https://sovereignlimits.com/boundaries
Map Men episodes playlist on Jay Foreman's channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5iJSXaVvao&list=PLfxy4_sBQdxy3A2lvl-y3qWTeJEbC_QCp
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_territorial_disputes (and pretty much every single link in this article)
https://enoughproject.org/blog/kaka-town-suffers-damage-rebels-march-towards-paloch
Kingdom of Sudan's website: https://www.kingdomsudan.org/page/history/
IRIN, _Burkina Faso: "Historic deed" to avert border war_, 10 March 2008, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/47d658ee17.html [accessed 23 June 2023]
https://saiia.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Occasional-Paper-247.pdf
Second Congo War: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Congo_War
About the 1894 Anglo-Belgian Treaty: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luapula_Province_border_dispute#Origins_in_the_1894_treaty
Mayotte UN resolution: https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/135169?ln=en
Heligoland-Zanzibar treaty article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heligoland–Zanzibar_Treaty
Mbañe (in Spanish): https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbañe
About Rufunzo valley and Sabanerwa: https://reliefweb.int/report/burundi/burundi-rwanda-tension-increases-ongoing-land-dispute
About Victoria Falls (and Sindabezi Island): https://www.tothevictoriafalls.com/vfpages/tourism/boomtown.html
Emirati takeover of Socotra: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_takeover_of_Socotra
Socotra: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socotra_Governorate
That Somalian website: https://www.hiiraan.com/news2/2010/oct/for_first_time_in_history_somalia_claims_socotra_as_its_own.aspx
1814 Treaty of Paris: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Paris_(1814)
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:48 - Abyei, Heglig, Jodha, Kafia Kingi, and kaka
1:27 - Banc du Geyser
1:57 - Bassas da India, Europa, Juan de Nova
2:20 - Plazas de soberanía
3:42 - Chagos
4:10 - Doumeria, Ras Doumeira
4:28 - Glorioso Islands
4:41 - Hala'ib Triangle
6:03 - Ilemi Triangle
6:37 - KaNgwane and Ingwavuma
6:59 - Koalou
7:30 - Kpéaba
7:44 - Area near Logoba/Moyo district
8:04 - Area near Chiengi, Lunchinda-Pweto
9:01 - Mayotte
9:25 - Islands in Mbamba Bay & Lake Malawi
10:04 - Mbañe, Cocotiers, Congas
10:59 - Several islands in the Congo river
11:12 - Several islands in the Ntem river
11:28 - Several villages near the Okpara river
11:42 - Rufunzo Valley and Sabanerwa
12:09 - Rukwanzi Island and Semliki river valley
12:40 - Sindabezi Islands
13:01 - Socotra
13:58 - Tromelin
14:45 - Wadi Halfa
15:04 - Western Sahara
16:06 - Oued Tourndo
16:40 - Outro