Report says #M23 rebel govt in east #DRCongo charges US$50-500 for "entry visas" (very steep by world standards!), and at first wanted to also stamp #passports.
https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2026/05/18/m23-tax-drive-dr-congo-squeeze-aid-groups
#travel #defacto #geography #geopolitics #independence #rebelgovernance @geography @geopolitics @politicalscience #EastAfrica #Africa #Congo #Rwanda
New #Yemen control map report for subscribers brings our coverage up to the present, with #SouthYemen separatists having badly lost their gambit for #independence. #Houthis and #AlQaeda are still as present as ever though.
More info: https://www.polgeonow.com/2026/02/yemen-civil-war-map-2026-houthis-separatists-irg-al-qaeda.html
#MiddleEast #maps #mapping #geopolitics #Saudi_Arabia #geography #defacto #map @geography @geopolitics #separatism #worldpolitics #IndianOcean #Socotra #STC #SouthArabia
Danke für die Nachfrage - und leider nein.
Die #Judikative wie das BVG kann hier kaum helfen, da die #Legislative wie der deutsche #Bundestag ja weiterhin #dejure alle Rechte auch nach Art. 38 #Grundgesetz hat. Die #defacto - Beschränkung ihrer Rechte durch GG-sinnwidrige Koalitionsverträge & Koalitionsausschüsse (seit 1961) nehmen die Abgeordneten ja bisher freiwillig hin! Das Aufbegehren der #JU gegen #Merz war daher wichtig.
How does #Taiwan use its relationship with #Somaliland to secure its #Identity on the world stage? This #study applies #OntologicalSecurity theory to explain why #DeFacto states pursue ties that offer narrative legitimacy rather than physical protection.
https://saxafimedia.com/de-facto-diplomacy-taiwan-ontological-somaliland/
This paper analyzes Taiwan’s engagement with Somaliland through the lens of ontological security theory, arguing that de facto states pursue identity-affirming diplomacy beyond physical security needs. Using thematic narrative analysis, it examines how Taiwan constructs narratives of democracy, recognition, and international legitimacy.
This article receives PolGeoNow's periodic tip of the hat for avoiding the news media standard of calling #Puntland state "semi-autonomous". Puntland as about as autonomous you can get, not even cooperating with #Somalia govt except when it feels like it.
Honored for our #Somalia control #map to have been featured in the second installment of The New Humanitarian's "rebel rule" series on #rebelgovernance in areas outside control of official govts.
#geography #defacto #defactostates #AlShabaab #HornOfAfrica #maps #conflicttracking #controlmap #controlmaps #Africa #politics #security #cartography #AlQaeda #humanitarian @humanitarian @geography @geopolitics @politicalscience
Newly *Proposed* bill
see the text of the disturbing H.R.3500 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): More Funding for COPS Act from Congress.gov from the Library of Congress
#comfort
#aid
#protesters
#colonialism
#passports
#DeJure
#DeFacto
#Targets
#FreeSpeech
#migration
#immigration
#terrorism
#MaterialSupport
#federal
#Transphobia
#authoritarianism
#politics
#MAGA
#xenophobia
#framing
#AltRight
#WhiteNationalists
#strangers
#sexism
#fascism
#ReproductiveRights
#USPol
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3500/text
@NatalieDavis
Best/worst quote:
<<"We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it," Kimmel said.>>
The excuse that it is a financial decision -- no fig leaf is big enough to cover the shame
Evan Centanni (PolGeoNow)
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Michael Blume
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