On the spectrum between Just a press release and Widely recognised state Azawad is certainly not as far along the spectrum as Kosovo or Taiwain c but it s certainly further along than say Sealand Independent sources generally haven t treated it as an independent state but they have accepted that there s some kind of substance to rebel claims ie and we should reflect what sources say The two shades of green thing is fine by me but perhaps it s possible to construct more neutral wording than just breakaway one which reflects some amount of de facto control but few trappings of statehood