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Background Notes: Africa

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

*no background notes available


Angola*
Benin*
Botswana (10/97)
Burkina Faso (3/98)
Burundi (8/00)
Cameroon (12/99)
Cape Verde (5/98)
Central African Republic*
Chad (5/92)
Comoros (04/97)
Congo, Democractic Republic of (1/00)
Congo, Republic of (2/00)
Cote d'Ivoire (7/98)
Djibouti (3/96)
Equatorial Guinea*
Eritrea (3/98)
Ethiopia (3/98)
Gabon (8/00)
Gambia, The (7/96)
Ghana (2/98)
Guinea (12/99)
Guinea-Bissau (4/94)
Kenya (3/98)
Lesotho (8/99)
Liberia*
Madagascar (4/94)
Malawi*
Mali (06/00)
Mauritania (7/95)
Mauritius (12/99)
Mozambique (7/96)
Namibia (4/95)
Niger (7/94)
Nigeria (8/00)
Rwanda (3/98)
Sao Tome and Principe (3/97)
Senegal (2/98)
Seychelles*
Sierra Leone (6/94)
Somalia (7/98)
South Africa (4/00)
Sudan (6/95)
Swaziland (8/00)
Tanzania (8/00)
Togo (10/97)
Uganda (3/98)
Zambia (9/97)
Zimbabwe (11/95)

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