List of active separatist movements in Africa

1. They are active movements with living, active members.
2. They are seeking greater autonomy or self-determination for a geographic region.
3. They are the citizen/inhabitants of the conflict area and do not come from another country.

• De facto state: for regions with de facto autonomy from the government
• Proposed state: proposed name for a seceding sovereign state
• Proposed autonomous area: for movements toward greater autonomy for an area but not outright secession
• *De facto autonomous government: for governments with de facto autonomous control over a region
• *Government-in-exile: for a government based outside of the region in question, with or without control
• *Political party : for political parties involved in a political system to push for autonomy or secession
• *Militant organisation: for armed separatist organisations
• *Advocacy group: for non-belligerent, non-politically participatory entities
• *Ethnic/ethno-religious/racial/regional/religious group

  Algeria

• Ethnic group: Berbers
• * Proposed state: Berberia
• * Political party: Rally for Culture and Democracy, Socialist Forces Front
• * Militant organization: Berber separatists

• Ethnic group: Chenouas
• * Proposed state: Chenouas
• * Advocacy groups: Chenoua Homeland Association, Chenoui Khaloui Kima Medari, Ichenwiyen, Tipaza Shenwa
• * Political party: Party of the Revolution and Socialism Berber, Socialist Forces Front

• Ethnic group: Kabyle people
• * Proposed state: Republic of Kabylia.
• * Government-in-exile: Provisional Government of Kabylia.
• * Movement leader: Ferhat Mehenni.
• * Political party: Kabylian Movement for Self-Determination.

• Ethnic group: Mozabite
• * Proposed state: Mozabite
• * Advocacy group: Chenoua Homeland Association, Chenoui Khaloui Kima Medari, Ichenwiyen, Tipaza Shenwa
• * Political party: Party of the Revolution and Socialism Berber

• Ethnic group: Shawiya
• * Proposed state: Shawiya
• * Advocacy group: AmaZigh ChaOui, Arwas Homeland, Amazigh World Congress
• * Political party: Party of the Revolution and Socialism Berber

Angola

• Ethnic group: Lunda-Tchokwé people
• * Proposed state: Democratic Republic of Lunda-Tchokwé
• * Government-in-exile: Partido Democrático da Defesa do Estado Lunda-Tchokwé
• * Claimant group: Manifesto Jurídico Sociológico do Povo Lunda-Tchokwé, also an Advocacy group
• * Political party: Partido Democrático da Defesa do Estado Lunda-Tchokwé
• * Traditional Kingdom: Lunda-Tchokwe Kingdom
• * Status: Juridical Fight on ICC
• * Leaders: Dr. Jota Filipe Malakito
• * Movements: Mulher Unida da Lunda-Tchokwé, Pioneiros Unidos da Lunda-Tchokwé, Juventude Unida da Lunda-Tchokwé
• * News Broadcast:
• * Vindicating area: or current North-Lunda, South-Lunda, Moxico and Kuando-Kubango
• * Extension Vindicating area:
• * Population: 2.692.723
• *
• Ethnic group: Bakongo
• *Proposed state: Republic of Cabinda
• *Government-in-exile: Frente para a Libertação do Enclave de Cabinda
• *Political party: Frente para a Libertação do Enclave de Cabinda, Liberation Front of the State of Cabinda
• *Militant organization: Forças Armadas de Cabinda
• *Status: Ongoing low-intensity war

  Cameroon

• Ethnic group: Anglophones of Southern Cameroons, consisting of over 80 ethnic groups
• *Population: ~4 million people
• *Proposed state: Federal Republic of Ambazonia
• * Pressure group: Interim Government of Ambazonia, Ambazonia Governing Council and others
• * Militant groups: Ambazonia Self-Defence Council, Ambazonia Defence Forces, SOCADEF, other smaller militias
• * Status: Ongoing war

• People: Oron
• *Population: 150,000-300,000 people
• * Proposed state: Democratic Republic of Bakassi
• * Militant groups: Bakassi Movement for Self-Determination
• * Status: Active insurgency until 2009, isolated incidents until 2015

  Central African Republic

• Ethnic group: Muslims in the Central African Republic
• *Proposed state: Republic of Dar El Kuti
• *Pressure group and militant organization: Séléka
• *Status: Ongoing civil war, effectively a proto-state

Comoros

• Ethnic group: Comorian
• * Proposed state:
• *Political parties: Anjouan People's Movement, Mouvement Populaire Anjouanais, Mawana
• Ethnic group: Comorian
• *Proposed state: Democratic Republic of Mwali

  Republic of the Congo

• South Congo
• *Pressure group: Provisional Assembly and governance of the State of South Congo
• *Proposed state: State of South Congo
• Loango
• *Pressure group: the royal clan "Tchimongo-Lumbu-Tchinkondi"
• *Traditional Kingdom:

  Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Bas-Congo
• *Pressure group: Bundu dia Kongo
• *Proposed state: Kingdom of Kongo
• * Political parties: Union of Independent Federalists and Republicans
• *Militant organizations: Mai Mai Kata Katanga
• *Status: Sporadic violence
• Kwili, Kivu, Bukavu
• *Proposed state: United Republic of Kivu
• *Status: Insurgency

  Egypt

• Ethnic group: Ababda
• * Proposed state: Republic of Ababda
• * Status: Technically independent as both Egypt and Sudan do not claim or control the region but no political organisation within the region currently governs Bir Tawil. There is no active non-state group claiming Bir Tawil, and claims of independence are primarily made by foreign tourists for novelty effect.

• Ethnic group: Bedouins
• * Proposed state: Islamic State, Sinai Province
• * Status: Ongoing insurgency. Insurgency began in 2011 with overthrow of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and intensified with overthrow of President Mohamed Morsi two years later. Initially began primarily with Islamist group Ansar Bait al-Maqdis seeking to establish an Islamic Emirate in North Sinai. al Maqdis later merged with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria to become its Sinai Province of a larger world-wide Caliphate.

• Ethnic group: Nubian
• *Proposed state: Republic of Nubia
• * Status: No current movement to separate Nubia from either Egypt or Sudan. Instead, there are active efforts among Nubian communities to get governments in Cairo to recognize Nubian's as ethnic and linguistic minorities within the Egyptian state

  Equatorial Guinea

• Ethnic group: Bubi
• * Proposed state: Bioko Island
• *Pressure group: Movement for the Self-Determination of Bioko Island

  Ethiopia

• *Proposed state: Islamic State of Afaria
• *Political party: Afar Liberation Front
• *Militant organization: Gambela People's Liberation Front
• *Proposed state: Republic of Ogadenia
• *Political party: Ogaden National Liberation Front
• *Proposed state: Republic of Oromia
• *Militant organizations: Oromo Independence Movement, Oromo Liberation Front, Islamic Front for the Liberation of Oromia, Conference of Oromiya Peoples Liberation Front, Oromo Youth Revolutionary Movement
• *Pressure group: The National Youth Movement for Freedom and Democracy
• Sidama Zone
• *Proposed state: Republic of Sidama
• *Political party: Sidama Liberation Front

  France

• Réunion
• Mayotte continues to have autonomist movements despite the island having voted to become France's 101st department in 2011. However They also have Separatism.

  Ghana

• Ethnic group: Ashanti-Akan
• *Proposed state: Ashantiland
• **Political party: Ashanti United Party, Ashanti Federal Party, Ashanti Movement for Freedom and Justice, National Liberation Movement,
• **Advocacy group: United Kotoko Society, Alliance for change, Ashanti Union, Ashanti Congress, Ashanteman Council, Kumasi Traditional Council
• Western Togoland

Kenya

• Mombasa
• *Proposed state: Mombasa Republic
• *Political party: Mombasa Republican Council
• Wajir County, Mandera County, Garissa County
• *Proposed state: Western Republic of Somalia or

1. Wajir County
2. Mandera County
3. Garissa County

   Libya

• Ethnic group: Arab
• * Proposed autonomous area: Semi-autonomous "State of Cyrenaica"
• * Political Groups: Movement for Federal Libya, National Union Party, Cyrenaica Youth Movement
• * Senior Leaders: Dr. Abubakr Buera, Mr. Faraj Kezza, Dr. Azza Huwati, Ms. Najat Obedi, Mr. Mohamed Buisir, Mr. Ahmad Sannusi, Ms. Sarah Ali
• * Youth Leaders: Fathi Agori, Enas AlJazwi, Muheddine Mansuri, Osama Buera, Essa Arabi, Zeid Erragas, Mohamed Ali, Mustafa Orefy, Mabrooka Najm
• Ethnic group: Toubou
• *Proposed state:
• *Militant organization: Toubou Front for the Salvation of Libya

  Mali

• Ethnic Groups: Tuareg
• * Proposed state: Azawad
• *Political party: Coordination of Azawad Movements
• *Militant organisations: National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad

  Mauritius

Morocco

• Ethnic group: Riffian
• * Proposed state: Rif
• *Political party: RIM
• *Militant organisation: RIM
• Rif Independence Movement – occurred in Morocco during the 1920s, and was revitalized in 2013. Rif Independence Movement is a charter member of the Organization of Emerging African States.

  Namibia

• Ethnic Group: Lozi
• *Proposed state: Free State of Caprivi Strip/Itenge
• *Political party: Caprivi African National Union
• *Militant organization: Caprivi Liberation Army

  Niger

• Ethnic group: Tuareg
• * Proposed state: Agadez
• *Militant organization: Revolutionary Armed Forces of the Sahara
• *Political parties: Taniminnak Tidot N Tenere, Tidot Union of Tenere
• *Proposed state: Akal N Tenere, Tenere Republic

  Nigeria

• Ethnic group: Igbo, Anioma, Igede, Igala, Idoma, Ijaw, Kalabari, Ibibio, and Ogoni.
• *Proposed state: Republic of Biafra
• *Separatist movements: The Indigenous People of Biafra, Biafra Zionist Movement, Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra
• *Government in exile: Biafran Government in exile
• *News, Radio Broadcast, Website: , ,,

• Ethnic group: Yorùbá ethnic groups in Ekiti, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Oyo, Osun, Kwara, Òkun in Kogi states in Nigeria, Itsekiris in Delta state and Akoko in Edo state.
• *Proposed state: Ooduwa Republic
• *Separatist movements: Oduduwa Grand Alliance For Independence OGAFI, Yorùbá Liberation Command
• *O'odua Grand Alliance for Independence & Oodua People's Congress Ogafi.org
• *News, Website:

• Ethnic group: Urhobo, Isoko, Itsekiri, Ijaw, Ukwuani, Edo, Esan, Ogoni, Kalabari and many more.
• *Proposed state: Niger Delta
• *Militant groups: Niger Delta Avengers, Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate, Niger Delta Vigilante and other groups
• *Status: Ongoing war

  Rwanda

• Ethnic group: Twa
• *Proposed state:
• *Political party: Association for the Promotion of Batwa

  Senegal

• Ethnic group: Diola
• *Proposed state: Republic of Casamance
• *Militant organization: Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance

  Somalia

• Ethnic group: Somali
• * De facto state:
• * Political organisations: Government of Somaliland
• *Militant organisation: Somaliland Armed Forces

  South Africa

• Ethnic group: Afrikaners
• *Proposed state: Volkstaat
• *Political Party: Freedom Front Plus. Outside parliament: National Conservative Party of South Africa, Boerestaat Party, Herstigte Nasionale Party.
• *Pressure group: Orania Movement
• *Status: Accord on Afrikaner self-determination

• Linguistic group: Afrikaans speakers
• *Proposed State: Western Cape, Northern Cape, six municipalities within the Eastern Cape and one municipality in Free State.
• *Political Party: Cape Party

• Ethnic group: Zulu
• *Proposed state:Zulu Kingdom
• *Pressure group: Zulu royal family

  Spain

• Ethnic group: Canarians
• Political parties : Coalición Canaria, Partido Nacionalista Canario, Centro Canario Nacionalista, Nueva Canarias
• Political parties : FREPIC-AWAÑAK, Alternativa Nacionalista Canaria, Alternativa Popular Canaria, Unidad del Pueblo, Inekaren
• Youth movement: Azarug
• Proposed state: Republic of the Canary Islands

  Sudan

• Ethnic group: Fur, Zaghawe, Masalit
• * Proposed state: Darfur
• *Militant organization: Darfur Liberation Front
• * Status: War in Darfur

  Tanzania

• Ethnic group: Swahili
• * Proposed state:
• *Political party: Civic United Front, Uamsho

  Uganda

• Ethnic group: Ganda
• *Proposed state: Kingdom of Buganda
• * De facto autonomous area: Kingdom of Buganda
• * Youth movement: Buganda Youth Movement
• Ethnic group: Konjo people
• * Proposed state: Yiira Republic

  Zambia

• Ethnic group: Lozi
• * Proposed state:
• * Militant organization: Barotse Royal Establishment

  Zimbabwe

• Ethnic group: Matabele
• * Proposed state:Mthwakazi
• * Militant organization: Mthwakazi Liberation Front
• *Political party: Matabeleland Freedom Party
• *Revolutionary Movement:Mthwakazi Republic Party