List of territorial disputes

Columns: Territory | Claimants | Notes
Abyei , Heglig , Jodha , Kafia Kingi and Kaka | Sudan South Sudan | Both Sudan and South Sudan have claimed the area after the civil war that led to South Sudan 's independence . Heglig was controlled by South Sudan in mid-April 2012 but retaken by Sudan . Abyei was taken in May 2012 | Banc du Geyser | Madagascar Comoros France | France claims the reef as part of the Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean , a district of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands | Bassas da India , Europa Island and Juan de Nova Island | France Madagascar | De facto part of the French territory of French Southern and Antarctic Lands | Ceuta , Melilla , other plazas de soberanía | Spain Morocco | Ceuta and Melilla are administered by Spain as autonomous cities . An incident on Perejil Island happened in 2002 , after which both countries agreed to return to status quo | Chagos Archipelago | United Kingdom Mauritius Maldives | United Kingdom administers the archipelago as part of the British Indian Ocean Territory | Doumeira Mountain and Doumeira Island | Eritrea Djibouti | Basis of the Djiboutian-Eritrean border conflict of 2008 . Disputed territory occupied by Eritrea following withdrawal of Qatari peacekeepers in June 2017 . Alternatively transliterated as the Dumaira Mountains | Glorioso Islands | France Madagascar Comoros | De facto part of the French territory of French Southern and Antarctic Lands

Example questions:
Of the ongoing territorial disputes between UN member/observer states in Africa , what is the territory whose notes gained its independence from France in 1960 ?

Answers:
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