List of current secessionist efforts in Africa

This list enumerates current (as of 2018) secession efforts on the African continent. Some of their secession parties are members of the Organization of Unrepresented Nations and Peoples (*) and / or the Organization of Emerging African States (**).

List of areas

area	country	Area (in km²)	Residents	Secessionist movement / party	desired type of secession	desired form of government	comment
Kabylei * / **	Algeria			Mouvement pour l'Autodétermination de la Kabylie (Mak-Anavad)	independence	republic
Lunda Tchokwé **	Angola	501.922	4,500,000 (2011)	Partido Democrático da Defesa do Estado Lunda-Tchokwé (Mulher Unida da Lunda-Tchokwé (MULT), Pioneiros Unidos da Lunda-Tchokwé (PULT), Juventude Unida da Lunda-Tchokwé (JULT))	independence	Democratic Republic	formerly Kingdom of Lunda
Cabinda **	Angola			Frente para a Libertação do Enclave de Cabinda	independence	republic	partly armed struggle by the Forças Armadas de Cabinda
Organic **	Equatorial Guinea			Movement for the Self-Determination of Bioko Island	autonomy
Reunion	France			Lorganizasion Popilèr ​​po Libèr nout Péi (Lplp) - Popular Front for National Liberation Marxist – Leninist Communist Organization of Réunion	independence
South Cameroon / Ambazonia * / **	Cameroon		8,000,000	Southern Cameroon's Independence Restoration Movement	independence	Federal Republic	Partly armed combat by Ambazonia Defense Forces (ADF), Ambazonia Tigers, Southern Cameroons Defense Forces (SOCADEF), Boki Local Self Defense Group
Ambazonia	Cameroon			Southern Cameroon Liberation Movement	independence	republic	partially armed struggle by the Southern Cameroon Peoples Organization
Mombasa	Kenya			Mombasa Republican Council	independence	republic
North-East (Western Republic of Somalia)	Kenya				Independence or affiliation with Somalia	republic
Anjouan	Comoros			Mouvement Populaire Anjouanais	independence
Mwali ( Mohéli )	Comoros				independence	Democratic Republic
Congo Central	Congo, DR			Bundu dia Congo	independence	kingdom	formerly Kingdom of the Congo
Katanga	Congo, DR			Union of Federalists and Independent Republicans	independence		armed struggle by Mai-Mai Kata Katanga
Kwili , Kivu , Bukavu	Congo, DR				independence	United Republic	armed fight
South Congo	Congo, Republic			Provisional Assembly and governance of the State of South Congo	independence
Loango	Congo, Republic			Tchimongo-Lumbu-Tchinkondi	independence	kingdom	formerly Kingdom of Loango
Cyrenaica	Libya			Movement for Federal Libya National Union Party Cyrenaica Youth Movement	Autonomy status
Toubouland	Libya				independence		armed struggle by the Toubou Front for the Salvation of Libya
Azawad **	Mali			Coordination of Azawad Movements	independence		armed struggle by the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad
Rif **	Morocco			Rif Independence Movement	independence		formerly Rif Republic (1921–1926)
Caprivi / Itenge **	Namibia			Caprivi Liberation Movement Caprivi African National Union United Democratic Party - Caprivi Freedom	Autonomy or independence	free State	formerly armed uprising of the Caprivi Liberation Army ( Caprivi conflict )
Rehoboth area	Namibia			Rehoboth Baster	independence		Declared independence on March 20, 1990
Agadez	Niger			Biafran Congress Party , Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra **	independence	republic	armed struggle by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of the Sahara
Biafra	Nigeria				independence	republic	Declared independence in 1967; In 1970, after the Biafra War, re-incorporated armed struggle by the Indigenous People of Biafra and the Biafra Zionist Movement, Biafra Rebirth
Yorubaland (Oduduwa)	Nigeria			Afenifere, Afenifere Renewal Group, DAWN Commission	independence	republic	armed struggle by O'odua People's Congress , Yoruba Liberation Command
Batwaland **	Rwanda			Association for the Promotion of Batwa	independence
Casamance **	Senegal				independence		partly armed struggle by the Mouvement des forces démocratiques de la Casamance
Somaliland * / **	Somalia	176.120	3,510,000	Government of Somaliland	independence		Declared independence on May 18, 1991
Cape Republic	South Africa				possible aspirations for more autonomy	republic	Western Cape , North Cape (with the exception of two districts), six local administrations of the Eastern Cape and one local administration of the Free State
KwaZulu-Natal	South Africa			Zulu royal family	independence	kingdom	formerly Kingdom of Zululand
People's State *	South Africa			Vryheidsfront Plus	autonomy		Right to self-determination of the Boers by Accord on Afrikaner self-determination recognized
Darfur **	Sudan			Darfur Liberation Front	independence		ongoing armed conflict ( Darfur conflict )
Eastern Front **	Sudan			Beja Congress	independence		partly armed conflict by the Rashaida Free Lions
Only	South Sudan			Only White Army	independence		ongoing armed conflict ( civil war in South Sudan 2013 to 2018 )
Canary Islands **	Spain			Coalición Canaria , Partido Nacionalista Canario , Nueva Canarias Frente Popular de las Islas Canarias, Alternativa Nacionalista Canaria, Alternativa Popular Canaria, Unidad del Pueblo, Organización Revolucionaria de Jóvenes Canarios Los Alzados	extensive autonomy or independence
Zanzibar **	Tanzania			Civic United Front , Uamsho	independence
Buganda **	Uganda				kingdom		partial autonomy already exists
Yiira (Rwenzururu)	Uganda				republic
Barotseland * / **	Zambia			Royal Barotse family	kingdom		historical kingdom of the Lozi
Matabeleland ( Mthwakazi ) **	Zimbabwe			Matabeleland Freedom Party	free State		partly armed struggle by the Mthwakazi Liberation Front
Dar El Kuti (Logone)	Central African Republic			Séléka	independence	republic	armed fight

See also

• List of current secession efforts in Europe

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kabylian Movement for Self-Determination status. The 2nd Kabylian Movement for Self-Determination Congress, December 10, 2011, Chapter VIII.
2. ↑ Mouvement pour l'autodetermination de la Kabylie (MAK Anavad). Official website. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
3. ↑ United Kingdom of Lunda Tchokwe. AfricaFederation.net. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
4. ↑ Movimento do Protetorado Lunda Tchokwe: "Em Angola nunca Havera eleições livres". DW, August 1, 20187.
5. ^ Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (Frente para a Libertação do Enclave de Cabinda - FLEC). GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
6. ^ Republic of Amazonia. Official website. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
7. ↑ MPA - Mouvement Populaire Anjouanais. Comores Online, November 27, 2005.
8. ^ World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples - Comoros. Refworld, 2007.
9. ↑ United Republic of Kivu AfricaFederation.net. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
10. ↑ Etat du Sud Congo. Official website. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
11. ^ Site Officiel du Royaume Loango. Official website. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
12. ^ The Rehoboth Basters' declaration of independence of March 20, 1990. Rehoboth Basters. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
13. ↑ Why we want Oduduwa Republic. New Telegraph, September 10, 2017.
14. ↑ An independent Western Cape ?. Politicsweb, June 14, 2016.
15. ↑ Zwelithini threatens Zulus will leave SA and take KZN with them. The Citizen, September 4, 2018.
16. ↑ Museveni to Kasese: Forget Yiira Republic. New Vision, April 11, 2016.
17. ↑ Mnangagwa cannot be a Khumalo. Bulawayo24 January 4, 2019.