Each Black ethno-linguistic group was allocated a 'homeland' which would initially be a semi-autonomous area.

Some of the areas are semi-autonomous Muslim areas.

No state has ever withdrawn, though some dependent territories or semi-autonomous areas have left.

Officials have banned the display of arms in the semi-autonomous northwestern tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, local officials said.

This semi-autonomous area is inhabited by Pashtun tribe Mahsud.

No member state has withdrawn or been suspended from the EU, though some dependent territories or semi-autonomous areas have left.

Due to their better stability, the Kurdish semi-autonomous area enjoys health care superior to that under Saddam.

Between 1595 and 1808, the Algarve was a semi-autonomous area of Portugal with its own governor, as well as a separate taxation system.

Under an agreement between India and Sri Lanka, the north and east are to be joined in a single semi-autonomous area.

It is divided into two semi-autonomous areas which hardly cooperate at all.