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  • politician, and was the first premier of the Northern Nigeria region ... Bello combined traditional leadership qualities with knowledge of ...
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  • and leader, a Yoruba Chief, and native of Ikenne in the Ogun State of ... When military rule began, Awolowo said that Nigeria had entered a ...
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  • Abuja is both a Federal Capital Territory within the nation of Nigeria ... Abuja was as an entirely purpose-built, planned city. When Nigeria ...
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  • Lagos, is the most populous conurbation in Nigeria. The city began ... The original settlers of Lagos Island were Yoruba fishermen, who founded ...
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  • would rather be Sultan than President of Nigeria.” [http://www.tamarin ... Kingdom. After his death, the then President of Nigeria, Ibrahim Babangida ...
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  • Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is the most populous ... On October 1, 1960, Nigeria declared its independence from the United ...
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  • conflict caused by the attempted secession of the southeastern provinces ... Nigeria then blocked food and supplies from entering Biafra, which ...
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  • The Republic of Benin is a sliver of a country in West Africa, the ... The history of the tribes and peoples who inhabited this gateway to ...
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  • He was the fourth secretary-general of the United Nations, serving ... Prior to serving as UN secretary general, Waldheim was a member of ...
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  • Niger, officially the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked sub-Saharan ... Niger was an important economic crossroad, and the empires of Songhai ...
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  • The Republic of Liberia is a country on the west coast of Africa, ... (1999-2003), that have displaced hundreds of thousands of its citizens and ...
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  • Togo, officially the Togolese Republic, is a thin sliver of land in ... Togo was once part of the area known as the "Slave Coast" ...
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  • Congress on September 22, 1961, with passage of the Peace Corps Act (Public ... interested countries and areas men and women of the United States qualified ...
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  • São Tomé and Príncipe, officially the Democratic Republic of São ... Sao Tome is optimistic about the development of petroleum resources in its ...
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  • Formerly Haute-Volta it was a colony of French West Africa, before ... one party still dominates the politics of the nation. Despite the greater ...
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  • 180 countries, it is engaged in every aspect of the oil and gas industry, including ... to develop the Pico Canyon Oilfield north of Los Angeles. It was purchased ...
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  • Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country ... greatly under the devastating effects of rebel incursions. To end rebel ...
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  • that first aired in 1980. The purpose of the network is to make information ... and Reese Schonfeld. The founding purpose of the network was to make information ...
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  • The Republic of Chad is a landlocked country in central Africa. Though ... thousand refugees from the Darfur region of Sudan along its eastern border ...
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  • Equatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, is ... President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has ruled the country since ...
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