Africa Refuses to Allow More Nations.
Simon Whistler · June 23, 2026 · 25 min video · Africa
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From Somaliland to Ambazonia, secessionist movements keep failing for the same reason: the African Union treats colonial-era borders as untouchable, fearing one new state would invite dozens more.
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Across the African continent, war is a constant fact of life, individual
Nations may be quite
Stable at any given time, they might be entirely safe, but across the region,
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