Unilateral declaration of independence Katanga's declaration of independence by Moise Tshombe in July 1960, the attempted secession of Biafra from Nigeria in 1967, the Bangladeshi declaration of independence from Pakistan in 1970, the (internationally unrecognized) secession of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus from Cyprus in 1983, the Palestinian Declaration of Independence from the Palestinian territories in 1988, and that of the Republic of Kosovo in 2008. During the break up of the Soviet Union throughout 1991, many of its republics declared their independence unilaterally without agreement and were thus not recognised as legitimate by the Soviet central government. During the breakup of Yugoslavia,
Biafra Uwazuruike of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) disclosed that the director of Radio Biafra and leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) under RBL, Nnamdi Kanu, does not belong to the movement and was sacked for indiscipline and for inciting violence among members. In 2016, another MASSOB director of information Mr. Uchenna Madu was expelled from MASSOB for misconduct and inciting violence, Mr Madu is now leading another faction of MASSOB. In 2017, MASSOB launched another radio station named Voice Of Biafra International, and also re-branded MASSOB with the name, Biafra Independent