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2010

In 1960, 14 countries in West Africa gained freedom from French colonial rule, the Belgian Congo broke free to become Zaire, and Somalia and Nigeria unshackled themselves from their British colonial chains. Today in 2010, 50 years later, we are examining the balance sheet of independence to see what legacy the successive generations of our leaders have left us with.

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Author Andrés Sáenz Peñas, Tendaiwo Peter Maregere, Mupenda Wakengela, Sadiki Koko, Sabrina Ensenbach, Christopher Thornton, Lyn S Graybill, Sadiki Koko
Series ACCORD Conflict Trends
Issue 3
Publisher African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD)
Copyright © 2010 African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD)
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