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  • 101Botswana — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Botswana <p></p> Background: <p></p> Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name upon independence in 1966. More than four decades …

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  • 102Burkina Faso — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Burkina Faso <p></p> Background: <p></p> Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) achieved independence from France in 1960. Repeated military coups during the 1970s and… …

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  • 103Burma — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Burma <p></p> Background: <p></p> Various ethnic Burmese and ethnic minority city states or kingdoms occupied the present borders through the 19th century. Over a… …

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  • 104Cameroon — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Cameroon <p></p> Background: <p></p> French Cameroon became independent in 1960 as the Republic of Cameroon. The following year the southern portion of neighboring… …

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  • 105Colombia — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Colombia <p></p> Background: <p></p> Colombia was one of the three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Ecuador and… …

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  • 106Congo, Republic of the — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Congo, Republic of the <p></p> Background: <p></p> Upon independence in 1960, the former French region of Middle Congo became the Republic of the Congo. A quarter… …

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  • 107Costa Rica — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Costa Rica <p></p> Background: <p></p> Although explored by the Spanish early in the 16th century, initial attempts at colonizing Costa Rica proved unsuccessful due to …

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  • 108Cuba — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Cuba <p></p> Background: <p></p> The native Amerindian population of Cuba began to decline after the European discovery of the island by Christopher COLUMBUS in 1492… …

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  • 109Djibouti — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Djibouti <p></p> Background: <p></p> The French Territory of the Afars and the Issas became Djibouti in 1977. Hassan Gouled APTIDON installed an authoritarian one… …

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  • 110Eritrea — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Eritrea <p></p> Background: <p></p> The UN established Eritrea as an autonomous region within the Ethiopian federation in 1952. Ethiopia s full annexation of Eritrea… …

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