The political map of sovereign nation states is dynamic by Mrs Knott

Yemen

2024-01-29 12:41:14 UTC

On the 22nd of May 1990, the Yemen Arab Republic and the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen stated they would form a united called the Republic of Yemen

Yugoslavia Museum, Михаила Мике Јанковића, Belgrade, Serbia

2024-01-29 12:41:15 UTC

In 1929 the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes adopted the name Yugoslavia. In 1946, Yugoslavia became a socialist federation of six republics: Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Macedonia. At this time, it adopted the name Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY).

Namibia gained independence from South Africa in 1990 - Beth

2024-01-29 12:42:21 UTC

On the 21 March 1990, Namibia gained independence from South Africa. This happened because in 1988, the South African government under a UN brokered peace initiative they agreed to give up control of Namibia. This then meant that on 21th March the country changed its name to Namibia and adopted the current flag.

Zagreb, Croatia

2024-01-29 12:43:59 UTC

Charlie:

One of the constituent states that became independent after the complete breakdown of the Yugoslavian nation.

Czechia

2024-01-29 12:44:46 UTC

Velvet revolution took place in 1989 and was aimed at removing communist power and reinstating a democratic government which ending 40 years of communist rule. Was a non-violent action and tactics of demonstrations and strikes were used with half a million people participating.

Azerbaijan- formerly part of the ussr.

freddiedenton24 — 2024-01-29 12:44:47 UTC

Freddie Denton

Ataq, Yemen

2024-01-29 12:44:48 UTC

Due to the conflicts in the Cold War the United Kingdom withdrew Yemen from their colony in 1967. This is what inevitably lead to the Unity of the north and the south in 1990

Berlin, Germany, HUGO

2024-01-29 12:45:17 UTC

German reunification was the process of re-establishing Germany as a single full sovereign state, which took place between 9 November 1989 and 15 March 1991. The "Unification Treaty" entered into force on 3 October 1990, dissolving the German Democratic Republic (GDR; German: DDR, or East Germany) and integrating its recently re-established constituent federated states into the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; German: BRD, or West Germany) to form present-day Germany.

Armenia- formerly part of the ussr

freddiedenton24 — 2024-01-29 12:46:26 UTC

Freddie Denton

Prague, Czechia

2024-01-29 12:46:37 UTC

Georgia- formerly part of the ussr

freddiedenton24 — 2024-01-29 12:46:50 UTC

Freddie Denton

Neum, Bosnia and Herzegovina

2024-01-29 12:46:58 UTC

Charlie:

The only coastline given to Bosnia and Herzegovina after the partition of the Yugoslavia.

South Sudan

2024-01-29 12:47:14 UTC

South Sudan succeeded from Sudan in 2011.

became a new nation after deadly civil war in 2011, conflict started again in 2013
political instability and violent conflict in Sudan and South Sudan ever since the country was created
refugees flow between the two as violence peaks
Nearly 2.32 million south sudanese have fled to neighboring countries
2.22 million remain internally displaced in South Sudan

Vinkovci, Croatia

2024-01-29 12:48:40 UTC

Charlie:

Tensions within the Balkans have always been high due to a massive number of different nationalities under one flag - one of the driving forces for the dissolution of Yugoslavia

Kazakhstan- formerly part of the ussr

freddiedenton24 — 2024-01-29 12:49:02 UTC

Eritrea

2024-01-29 12:49:17 UTC

Emma - Eritrea formally gained its independence from Ethiopia on May 24th 1993. Eritreans voted overwhelmingly in favour of independence in a UN-monitored referendum. (99.83% for independence.) Issues began when Emperor Haile Selassie unilaterally dissolved the Eritrean parliament and illegally annexed the country in 1962. After Eritrea became independent, things were initially friendly, disagreements about where the new border should be caused relations to deteriorate significantly, eventually leading to full scale war between 1998 and 2000.

Belarus- formerly part of the ussr

freddiedenton24 — 2024-01-29 12:49:23 UTC

Moscow, Russia - Finn and Fredlet

2024-01-29 12:49:28 UTC

The fall of the USSR in 1991 acted as a release point for the continual political disagreement between the various republics of the union. Gorbachev was the final president of the Soviet Union, his successor Yeltsin instead only resuming control of the Russian Federation. The USSR broke into 15 separate sovereign states; the capitals of these are pinned.

Estonia- formerly part of the ussr

freddiedenton24 — 2024-01-29 12:49:48 UTC

Kyrgyzstan- formerly part if the ussr

freddiedenton24 — 2024-01-29 12:50:09 UTC

Latvia- formerly part of the ussr

freddiedenton24 — 2024-01-29 12:50:33 UTC

Lithuania- formerly part of the ussr

freddiedenton24 — 2024-01-29 12:50:58 UTC

Sana'a, Yemen

2024-01-29 12:51:02 UTC

In November 1989, Ali Abdullah Saleh of North Yemen and Ali Salem al Beidh of South Yemen jointly accepted a draft unity constitution originally drawn up in 1981, which included a demilitarized border and border passage by Yemenis on the sole basis of a national identification card and a capital city in Sana’a

Moldova- formerly part of the ussr

freddiedenton24 — 2024-01-29 12:52:37 UTC

Russia- formerly part of the ussr

freddiedenton24 — 2024-01-29 12:53:05 UTC

Tajikistan- formerly part of the ussr

freddiedenton24 — 2024-01-29 12:53:27 UTC

Turkmenistan- formerly part of the ussr

freddiedenton24 — 2024-01-29 12:53:49 UTC

Uzbekistan- formerly part of the ussr

freddiedenton24 — 2024-01-29 12:54:35 UTC

Ukraine- formerly part of the ussr

freddiedenton24 — 2024-01-29 12:55:15 UTC