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Africa's proverbial winds of change blew more powerfully this year than in any year since 1960. The formerly French Comoro Islands and four former Portuguese territories—Angola, Mozambique, the Cape Verde Islands, and São Tomé and Príncipe—became independent nations. In addition, in Spanish Sahara,...
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