Separatist Movements

• Algeria — Kabylia Berbers claim autonomy from the government of Algeria • Angola — Cabinda • Belgium —Flemish and Walloon separatists • Bosnia and Herzegovina — Bosnian Serbs of Republika Srpska and Bosnian Croatian nationalists • Brazil - Separatists want to separate the south from the rest of the country • Burma — Karens (Karen National Union, east Burma) and Kachin. • Canada — Province of Quebec (FLQ, Parti Québécois, Bloc Québécois), Western Canada (Separation Party of Alberta, Western Independence Party) • China — Taiwan, Inner Mongolia, Tibet, Xinjiang (East Turkestan Islamic Movement) • Democratic Republic of the Congo - Katanga area • France — Corsica, Brittany, and Savoy • Germany — Bavaria, Alemannic Separatism • India — Kashmir, Sikhs, Bodoland, Assam (or "Asom") and Nagaland • Indonesia — Aceh, Riau, West Papua, Moluccas • Iraq — Kurds and Shiites • Iran — Kurds, Arabs and Azeris • Israel — Palestinians • Italy — Padania, (Lega Nord), South Tyrol, Sicily • Morocco — Polisario funded and hosted by neighbouring Algeria, challenges the sovereignty of Morocco over Western Sahara • Nigeria— Biafra • Pakistan — Kashmir • Philippines — Muslim separatists in the south, (Moro) • Russia — Chechnya • Serbia and Montenegro — Kosovo (KLA - Kosovar Liberation Army guerrila organisation, also referred to as the Kosovo Protection Corps), Serbia and Montenegro • Senegal — Casamance • Somalia — Somaliland • South Africa — Zulu areas • Spain — Basque (ETA) region, Catalonia, and Galicia • Sri Lanka — Tamils (Tamil Tigers) • Sudan — Tribal animist and Christian south • St. Kitts and Nevis — Nevis • Sweden — Terra Scania • Syria — Kurds • Thailand — Malay separatists in southern provinces • Turkey — Kurds • United Kingdom — Northern Ireland (IRA, Sinn Féin, Social Democratic and Labour Party), Scotland (Scottish National Party, Scottish Socialist Party), Wales, and Cornwall • United States — Alaska, Cascadia, California, Hawaii and Puerto Rico