World Context & Events - Americas & Africa (December 27th, 2022, to January 2nd, 2023)

Including information on Institutions of Self-Government not recognized by the United Nations, as defined by the USA State Dept.'s legal statement supporting unilateral declarations of independence (2009-07) (.pdf) [is.gd/6MJUTQ], and by the UN International Court (2010-07-22) [archive.fo/mc6sX], recognizing the jurisdictions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) (.pdf) [is.gd/ek1oFs] including EEZ territorial boundaries [archive.fo/wl8Oj], the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS) [archive.fo/UtXrm]. Also represented are global government institutions, Multi-Lateral Treaty Organizations, Supranational Treaty Organizations, agencies and actions of Economic & Political Union bureaucracies. Notes on Diplomatic Recognition [archive.fo/qGIGd]. 1933 Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States declares that "a State as a person of international law should possess a permanent population, a defined territory, a government and the capacity to enter into relations with other States."

Regional insights for the lands of

Anahuac, Carib, and Abya Ayla ("Latin" America)

"When the Eagle of the North flies with the Condor of the South, The Spirit of the Land, She will Reawaken".

* English language news [upsidedownworld.org] [narconews.com] [narcosphere.narconews.com] [nacla.org] [coha.org] [cepr.net] [cedema.org].
* Spanish language news [contrainjerencia.com]
"Pobreza en Latinoamérica" (2011, AP newswire) [archive.is/QI9cT]. "Rural Colombia and Central America Facing Hunger and Poverty: FAO" (2019) [archive.is/bGvZL]


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Organization of American States (OAS)

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Canada (member: Commonwealth of Nations; NATO)
Map [archive.fo/Y4Jtd]. Crown Land [archive.is/GNsNI].


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Quebec 

within Canada


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First Nations

within Canada, including The Inuit, the Metis, the 630 recognized First Nations governments, and traditional nations. Maps of the Inuit [archive.fo/tHTzZ] [archive.fo/7cycI] [archive.fo/yVcDs]


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Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon (Republic of France, EU) 


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Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA-TCP)
Economic Union. [portalalba.org]. Map [archive.fo/qVad1].


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United Mexican States 
[activista.mx]; Drug cartel area of influence (2011, Stratfor) [archive.is/iTybj]

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Indigenous communities within Mexico
Towards a Pluri-National State for Mexico! Map [archive.fo/xYkf4]

* "Zapatistas Journey for Life through Europe featured in 'La Montana' in World Premiere" (2022-12-26, bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2022/12/zapatistas-journey-for-life-through.html) [archive.is/W8Tum] - image caption: Diego Enrique Osorno with commanders Galeano and Moíses. (Facebook / Diego Enrique Osorno)

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The Good Government and the EZLN ("Zapatistas")
[chiapas-support.org] [enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx] [zeztainternazional.ezln.org.mx]


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Revolutionary People's Democratic Party (PDPR) - Popular Revolutionary Army (EPR) for the People of Mexico
Communiques [is.gd/LUS15N]

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Regional insights into the land of 

Central America

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Republic of Guatemala


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Republic of El Salvador
[hablaelsalvador.com]

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Republic of Honduras
News: [aquiabajo.com].

"A total of 3,397 people were murdered in Honduras in 2022, 12.9% below the figures for 2021 (3,900), the National Police reported Thursday."

(https://confidencialhn.com/blog/2022/12/30/honduras-acumula-3-397-homicidios-en-2022-un-129-menos-que-en-2021/)

According to the UNHCR, there are more than 247'000 Hondurans internally displaced by violence.

(https://criterio.hn/desplazamiento-forzado-la-amenaza-que-mantiene-en-vilo-a-los-hondurenos-y-hondurenas/)

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Tolupan nation 

within the Republic of Honduras


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Republic of Belize (member: CARICOM)

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Republic of Nicaragua (member: ALBA)

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Republic of Costa Rica

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Republic of Panama


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Internationalist Insights into the 

Islands of The Caribbean Sea

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Caribbean Community (CARICOM)

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Commonwealth of The Bahamas (member: The British Commonwealth; CARICOM)

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Republic of Cuba (member: ALBA)

[radiohc.cu] 

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Jamaica (member: The British Commonwealth; CARICOM)

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Republic of Haiti (member: CARICOM)

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Dominican Republic


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British Overseas Territories in the Caribbean

Bermuda; Turks and Caicos Islands; Cayman Islands; British Virgin Islands; Anguilla; Montserrat (CARICOM)

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United States of America Associated Territories in the Caribbean

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands

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European Union (EU) overseas countries and territories in the Caribbean

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French West Indies (Republic of France)

Territorial Collectivity of Saint Martin; Territorial Collectivity of Saint Barthélemy; Overseas Department of Guadeloupe; Overseas Department of Martinique

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Dutch Caribbean (Kingdom of the Netherlands)

Country of Aruba; Country of Curaçao; Country of Sint Maarten; Caribbean Netherlands of Bonaire, Saba, & Sint Eustatius islands.

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Saint Kitts & Nevis (member: The British Commonwealth; CARICOM; ALBA)

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Antigua & Barbuda (member: The British Commonwealth; CARICOM; ALBA)

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Commonwealth of Dominica (member: The British Commonwealth; CARICOM; ALBA)

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Saint Lucia (member: The British Commonwealth; CARICOM; ALBA)

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Barbados (member: The British Commonwealth; CARICOM)

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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (member: The British Commonwealth; CARICOM; ALBA)

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State of Grenada (member: The British Commonwealth; CARICOM; ALBA)

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Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (member: The British Commonwealth; CARICOM)

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Regional Insight into

South America

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The Union of South American Nations (UNASUR)

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Republic of Colombia
[@infopresidencia]

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Alternative Communal Revolutionary Forces (FARC)
Communiques [is.gd/rRiMnb], Peace Delegation [farc-epeace.org].
English [justiceforcolombia.org], [prensarural.org/spip/spip.php?mot95]. Spanish [farc-epeace.org] [pazfarc-ep.org]


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Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People's Army (FARC-EP)
Re-established 2019-10 [archive.is/5iHQJ]. [mujerfariana.org] [resistencia-colombia.org] [issuu.com/pacocol] [youtube.com/channel/UCen4cHx7I7aVoBJlPsJqgAw]

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National Liberation Army (ELN) for the people of the Republic of Colombia
[eln-paz.org]


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Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ALBA, MERCOSUR under suspension;  UNASUR)
News & Info: [venezuelanalysis.com]; [vtv.gob.ve] [rnv.gob.ve]; ALBA Ciudad 96.3 FM [albaciudad.org]; Public Ministry [mp.gob.ve]; [issuu.com/tribuna_popular]. 5.6 million Colombian refugees are currently living in Venezuela (2015-09-10, telesurenglish.net) [archive.is/seO7h].


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Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
People’s Government of Communes, and the National Communal Parliament
News & Info, in Spanish [aporrea.org], English [venezuelanalysis.com]; Update concerning state recognition of communal power (2017-10-06) [archive.fo/5nQ0v]; and the Bolivarian communal militia


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Co‑operative Republic of Guyana (member: The British Commonwealth; CARICOM; UNASUR)

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Republic of Suriname (member: CARICOM; UNASUR)

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Territorial Collectivity of French Guiana (Republic of France, EU)

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Federation of Brazil (member: MERCOSUR)

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Republic of Ecuador

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Republic of Peru

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Pluri-National State of Bolivia (member: ALBA; UNASUR)

News [www1.abi.bo/abi]


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The Movement Towards a...
"People's Republic of the Andes"
[movadef.net] [periodicoelpueblo.wordpress.com]. Documents by and about the PCP (1998) [archive.fo/l9PKx]


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Republic of Chile


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MIR - Guerrilla Army of the Poor (MIR-EGP) for the People of Chile
[mir-chile.com], communiques and articles [is.gd/jtNxOP], "People's Justice against Oligarchal Genocide" (2015) (.pdf) [is.gd/VCZw1N], text [archive.ifo/rs3nG], machine translated [archive.fo/zOlte]

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Mapuche
History of the CAM (2018-12-26) [archive.is/lJNAa]


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Republic of Argentina (member: MERCOSUR)

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Oriental Republic of Paraguay (member: MERCOSUR)

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Republic of Uruguay (member: MERCOSUR)

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Insights into the Lands of 

Alkebulan (Africa)

An overview of Africa and the Diaspora, provided by NEW AFRIKAN PEACE MOVEMENT newswire with the Green Charter Committee, towards Pan-Afrikan Solidarity and Liberation [NewAfricaPeace.blogspot.com]! News: [africadaily.net] [stopforeigninterventioninafrica.org]; Learn about the NATO war against the socialist Jamahiriya [is.gd/phNvx0].


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African Union (AU), and African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
Political Union, and Economic Union, comprised of 55 member states and 1.2 billion people. The Six Regions of Africa map [archive.is/DFVTU]. Eight regional economic communities: UMA, COMESA, CEN-SAD, EAC, ECCAS, ECOWAS, IGAD and SADC.


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Southern African Development Community (SADC)


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Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
Economic Union, non-participant with AfCFTA. Map [archive.is/UrLIs]. Member states [archive.fo/w57Ca] are the Republics of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Cote d'Iviore, the Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ginea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo


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East Africa Community (EAC)


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Arab Republic of Egypt (member: AU)

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Republic of the Sudan (suspended member: AU)

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State of Libya (member: AU)


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Libya: War News
Military Situation map of Libya (2018-12-20) [archive.is/CUpwz]


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Republic of Tunisia (member: AU)

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People's Democratic Republic of Algeria (member: AU)


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Amazigh ("Berbers")
[makabylie.info] [kabylia-gov.org] [ferhat-mehenni.com]


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Kingdom of Morocco


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Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic ("Western Sahara") (member: AU)
Learn more about the Sahrawi People [SahrawiSolidarity.blogspot.com]


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Islamic Republic of Mauritania (member: AU)

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Republic of Cabo Verde (Cape Verde) (member: AU)

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Republic of Mali (suspended member: AU)

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Mouvement National de Libération de l’Azawad (MNLA)
[mnlamov.net] [twitter.com/MnlaNews]


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Republic of the Niger (member: AU)

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Republic of Chad (member: AU)

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Conflict in the Greater Arab Maghreb
Including updates on Militant Islamist Action


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Republic of Senegal (member: AU)

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Republic of The Gambia (member: AU)

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Republic of Guinea-Bissau (member: AU)

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Republic of Guinea (suspended member: AU)

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Republic of Sierra Leone (member: AU)

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Republic of Liberia (member: AU)

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Republic of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) (member: AU)

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Burkina Faso (suspended member: AU)

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Republic of Ghana (member: AU)

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Togolese Republic (Togo) (member: AU)

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Republic of Benin (member: AU)

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Republic of Nigeria (member: AU; Commonwealth of Nations)
"Nigeria to become ninth-largest economy..." (2020, cgtn.com) [archive.is/74mrt]


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Oodua (Oduduwa) Republic (within Nigeria)

map [archive.is/pviUt]

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Republic of Cameroon (member: AU)


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Ambazonia (Southern Cameroon)
Map [archive.is/xJDdr]; Updates on Federal Republic of Ambazonia; Southern Cameroons National Council (SCNC); Southern Cameroons Peoples Organization (SCAPO); "Vision of Ambazonia" (by Sisiku Ayuk Tabe, 2018) [archive.is/Unsol]; "Presenting the Southern Cameroons Question" (scncforsoutherncameroons.net) [archive.is/grATD]

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Central African Republic (member: AU)

Military Situation (2021-02-17, southfront.org) [archive.is/Pu7FG]

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Conflict & Militant Islamist Action in the Sahel
"ISIS Is Now Aiming at Africa" (2017-10-17) [archive.is/Fd7zi], map showing Sahel and surrounding area [archive.is/BsUVp]

* "Soldier Killed In Jihadist Ambush In Northern Cameroon" (2022-12-30, afp.com, via barrons.com/amp/news/soldier-killed-in-jihadist-ambush-in-northern-cameroon-01672418409) [archive.is/nWikE]

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Islamic State - West Africa Province (ISWAP; "Boko Haram")
Based in northeastern Nigeria, also active in Chad, Niger and northern Cameroon. Originally called "Group of the People of Sunnah for Preaching and Jihad", whose motto "Boko Haram" means "Inauthentic Teachings are Forbidden" [archive.is/FKMBn].

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Republic of Equatorial Guinea (member: AU)

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Sao Tome and Principe (member: AU)

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Republic of South Sudan (member: AU)


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Conflict in South Sudan


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Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (member: AU)


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Oromo
[opride.com/oromsis] [librationfororomiya.blogspot.de]


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State of Eritrea (member: AU)


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Republic of Djibouti (member: AU)

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Federal Republic of Somalia (member: AU)
Political map (2017-07) [archive.is/fJeko]. News (shabellemedia.com/category/news-in-english/)


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Puntland State of Somalia


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Khatumo State of Somalia


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Republic of Somaliland
News [somalilandinformer.com] [qarannews.com]


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War News in the Horn of Africa
State Military & non-state militant actions in the Republic of Kenya and Jurisdiction of Somalia


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Republic of Kenya (member: AU)


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Gabonese Republic (Gabon) (member: AU)

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Republic of the Congo (member: AU)

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Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) (member: AU)
Congo's war, and relations with Rwanda [archive.is/RIA3v]


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Republic of Uganda (member: AU)


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Republic of Rwanda (member: AU)


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Republic of Burundi (member: AU)


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Republic of Tanzania (member: AU)


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Republic of Zambia (member: AU)


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Republic of Angola (member: AU)


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Republic of Namibia (member: AU)


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Republic of Botswana (member: AU)


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Republic of Zimbabwe (member: AU)


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Republic of Malawi (member: AU)


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Republic of Mozambique (member: AU)


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Republic of South Africa (member: AU; Commonwealth of Nations)


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Kingdom of eSwatini (member: AU)


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Kingdom of Lesotho (member: AU)

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Republic of Seychelles (member: AU)

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Republic of Madagascar (Malagasy) (member: AU, SADC, la Francophonie)


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Republic of Mauritius (member: AU)

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