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| Bassas da India, Europa Island & Juan de Nova Island |
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| Claimants: France, Madagascar |
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| France claims sovereignty over these various uninhabited islands, and currently controls and protects them from it's military base in nearby Réunion. They are in use as nature reserves and meteorological stations |
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| Cabinda |
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| Claimants: Angola, Republic of Cabinda |
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| Currently a province of Angola, but many of it's independence-seeking groups continue fighting against Angola, with thousands of Cabindan citizens currently in Congolese refugee camps due to the conflict |
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| Glorioso (Glorieuses) Islands |
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| Claimants: Comoros, France, Madagascar, the Seychelles |
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| A nature reserve which is manned by French military forces, and although France holds control over these islands, they are also claimed by Madagascar, the Seychelles and Comoros |
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| Mayotte |
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| Claimants: Comoros, France |
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| Operating as a French overseas collectivity since the 70's, these islands are geographically part of the Comoros Islands, and just like their neighbours - the Glorioso Islands - they are claimed by Comoros |
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| Plazas de Soberanía (Spanish North Africa) |
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| Claimants: Morocco, Spain |
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| This is a collection of small Spanish-controlled city states and islands in North Africa, which all surround Morocco, and which have a combined total population of just over 140,000 |
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| Somaliland |
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| Claimants: Puntland, Somalia, Somaliland |
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| Claims independence since the 1991 collapse of the central government in Somalia, but Somalia also claims sovereignty. Puntland, a Somali autonomous region also claims some of the land |
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| Tromelin Island |
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| Claimants: France, Mauritius, the Seychelles |
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| France claims sovereignty over, and controls, this 1 mile long and mostly flat island, but Mauritius and the Seychelles both dispute the French ownership of this uninhabited isle |
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| Western Sahara (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic/SADR) |
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| Claimants: Morocco, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) |
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| Morocco's interest is mostly for the rich natural resources in Western Sahara, which has a comparatively small indigenous population (400,000), and which had no contact with Moroccans until the 70's |
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