REPUBLIC OF BIAFRA SET TO BECOME THE NEWEST NATION ON EARTH.
REPUBLIC OF BIAFRA SET TO BECOME THE
NEWEST NATION ON EARTH.
Since 1990, 34 new countries have been created.
The dissolution of the USSR and Yugoslavia in
the early 1990’s caused the creation of most of
the newly independent states.
1. Armenia
2. Azerbaijan
3. Belarus
4. Estonia
5. Georgia
6. Kazakhstan
7. Kyrgyzstan
8. Latvia
9. Lithuania
10. Moldova
11. Russia
12. Tajikistan
13. Turkmenistan
14. Ukraine
15. Uzbekistan
Former Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia dissolved in the early 1990’s into five
independent countries.
16/17.). Bosnia and Herzegovina, February 29,
1992
18.) Croatia, June 25, 1991
19.) Macedonia (officially The Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia) declared independence
on September 8, 1991 but wasn’t recognized by
the United Nations until 1993 and the United
States and Russia in February of 1994
20.) Serbia and Montenegro, (also known as the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia), April 17, 1992
(see below for separate Serbia and Montenegro
entries)
21.) Slovenia, June 25, 1991
Other New Countries
Thirteen other countries became independent
through a variety of causes.
22.) •March 21, 1990 – Namibia became
independent of South Africa.
23.) •May 22, 1990 – North and South Yemen
merged to form a unified Yemen.
24.) •October 3, 1990 – East Germany and West
Germany merged to form a unified Germany after
the fall of the Iron Curtain.
25.) •September 17, 1991 – The Marshall Islands
was part of the Trust Territory of Pacific Islands
(administered by the United States) and gained
independence as a former colony.
26.) •September 17, 1991 – Micronesia,
previously known as the Caroline Islands,
became independent from the United States.
27.)•January 1, 1993 – The Czech Republic and
Slovakia became independent nations when
Czechoslovakia dissolved.
28.) •May 25, 1993 – Eritrea was a part of
Ethiopia but seceded and gained independence.
29.) •October 1, 1994 – Palau was part of the
Trust Territory of Pacific Islands (administered
by the United States) and gained independence
as a former colony.
30.) •May 20, 2002 – East Timor (Timor-Leste)
declared independence from Portugal in 1975 but
did not became independent from Indonesia until
2002.
31.) •June 3, 2006 – Montenegro was part of
Serbia and Montenegro (also known as
Yugoslavia) but gained independence after a
referendum.
32.) •June 5, 2006 – Serbia became its own
entity after Montenegro split.
33.) •February 17, 2008 – Kosovo unilaterally
declared independence from Serbia.
34.) •July 9, 2011 – South Sudan peacefully
seceded from Sudan following a January 2011
referendum. Sudan itself was the first to
recognize South Sudan and did so one day early,
on July 8, 2011.
Nigeria embraces more than 40 ethnic groups
and languages lumped crudely together by
colonial mapmakers. There is nothing wrong with
demanding for a secession in a peaceful manner.
In a sane country, most secession and agitation
for autonomy does not have to result in
bloodshed… so enough of the constant ranting
about Biafra in relation to war.
Ethiopia allowed Eritrea to peacefully secede in
1991, though they later started having a boundary
dispute.
A peaceful secession, like when Czechoslovakia
broke up, or when Montenegro left its federation
with Serbia to become independent for the first
time since 1918…and many others.