West Africa, or Western Africa, is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso...
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happened during 2020 in West Africa. January 3 Nineteen people are killed and homes and other buildings are burned by unidentified gunmen in Tawari, Kogi...
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emerged in North, East and West Africa during the 4th and 3rd millennia BC, while the Bantu expansion from 4000 BC until 1000 AD was substantial in laying...
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to Africa on 14 February 2020, with the first confirmed case announced in Egypt. The first confirmed case in sub-Saharan Africa was announced in Nigeria...
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South West Africa, renamed to Namibia from 12 June 1968, was an occupied part of the Union of South Africa and later the Republic of South Africa from...
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to suppress the Atlantic slave trade by patrolling the coast of West Africa. Formed in 1808 after the British Parliament passed the Slave Trade Act 1807...
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The history of West Africa has been divided into its prehistory, the Iron Age in Africa, the period of major polities flourishing, the colonial period...
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The Islamic State's West Africa Province (ISWAP), officially Wilāyat Garb Ifrīqīyā (Arabic: ولاية غرب إفريقيا), meaning "West African Province", is a militant...
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ECOWAS (redirect from West African Economic and Monetary Union)
West African States (ECOWAS; also known as CEDEAO in French and Portuguese) is a regional political and economic union of fifteen countries of West Africa...
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SWAPO (redirect from South West Africa People's Organisation)
movement in Namibia (formerly South West Africa). Founded in 1960, it has been the governing party in Namibia since the country achieved independence in 1990...
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27°S 26°E / -27; 26 North West (Tswana: Bokone Bophirima; Afrikaans: Noord-Wes [ˈnuərt.vɛs]) is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Mahikeng. The...
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The South Africa cricket team toured the West Indies in June and July 2021 to play two Test matches and five Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. The...
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prehistory of West Africa spans from the earliest human presence in the region until the emergence of the Iron Age in West Africa. West African populations...
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Middle East and North Africa (MENA), also referred to as West Asia and North Africa (WANA) or South West Asia and North Africa (SWANA), is a geographic...
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British West Africa was the collective name for British settlements in West Africa during the colonial period, either in the general geographical sense...
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centered in West Africa, was the most widespread outbreak of the disease in history. It caused major loss of life and socioeconomic disruption in the region...
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slavery also occurred, primarily on the eastern coast of Africa and in parts of West Africa. The importance of domestic plantation slavery increased during...
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CFA) is the currency used by eight independent states in West Africa which make up the West African Economic and Monetary Union: Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte...
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happened during 2020 in Middle Africa, also called Central Africa. The countries listed are those described are: Angola , Cameroon , Central African Republic...
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Kanye West announced his 2020 United States presidential election campaign through Twitter on July 4, 2020. On July 16, 2020, the campaign filed a Statement...
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The music of West Africa has a significant history, and its varied sounds reflect the wide range of influences from the area's regions and historical...
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against the German colonies of Kamerun, Togoland, German South West Africa, and German East Africa. The campaigns were fought by German Schutztruppe, local...
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This is a list of events in 2021 in West Africa. Chief of state and Head of government: President Patrice Talon (since 2016) Chief of state: President...
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that happened during 2020 in East Africa. The countries listed are those described in the United Nations geoscheme for East Africa: Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti...
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Liberia (redirect from LIBERIA, West Africa)
(/laɪˈbɪəriə/ ), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to its northwest, Guinea to its...
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Bantustan (redirect from Bantustans in South West Africa)
National Party administration of South Africa set aside for black inhabitants of South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia), as a part of its policy...
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West African hunter-gatherers, West African foragers, or West African pygmies dwelled in western Central Africa earlier than 32,000 BP and dwelled in...
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CFA franc (redirect from Central African Franc)
currencies, the West African CFA franc, used in eight West African countries, and the Central African CFA franc, used in six Central African countries. Although...
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German South West Africa (German: Deutsch-Südwestafrika) was a colony of the German Empire from 1884 until 1915, though Germany did not officially recognise...
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South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres (1,739 mi)...
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