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1390:Seychelles
1353:Mozambique
1338:Mauritania
1323:Madagascar
1278:The Gambia
1211:Cape Verde
540:References
511:April 6 -
436:March 4 -
29:incomplete
1343:Mauritius
779:Years in
186:See also:
1455:Zimbabwe
1424:Tanzania
1268:Ethiopia
1263:Eswatini
1243:Djibouti
1206:Cameroon
1189:Botswana
793:Pre-1960
424:al-Qaeda
398:Tessalit
387:February
333:Timbuktu
305:Douentza
153:Decades:
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1586:Mayotte
1434:Tunisia
1400:Somalia
1385:Senegal
1368:Nigeria
1358:Namibia
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1258:Eritrea
1226:Comoros
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1174:Algeria
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658:Reuters
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319:Hombori
261:Diabaly
231:region.
225:January
211:in the
120:→
64:←
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1439:Uganda
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1328:Malawi
1288:Guinea
1179:Angola
446:France
243:France
220:Events
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1363:Niger
1318:Libya
1303:Kenya
1283:Ghana
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1248:Egypt
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375:Kidal
236:Konna
176:2020s
170:2010s
164:2000s
159:1990s
1429:Togo
1333:Mali
1221:Chad
1118:2024
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1103:2021
1098:2020
1093:2019
1088:2018
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1073:2015
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781:Mali
733:2015
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689:2015
667:2015
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