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...[[Chad]] to the west, and [[Libya]] to the northwest. It is the [[List of countries and outlying territories by total area|tenth largest country in the world]]
...], sent armies led by his son [[Ismail Pasha]] and Mahommed Bey to conquer eastern Sudan. The Egyptians developed Sudan’s trade in ivory and slaves. [[Ismai
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...before being dominated by its more powerful western neighbor, [[Ifat]] in Eastern Ethiopia, which would itself become a [[vassal]] of Ethiopia in the early 1
...nterest in helping Somalia and then later declined. American allies in the Middle East and Asia also refused to assist Somalia. The Americans perhaps did not
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...despread sectarian violence against ethnic Igbos migrants in the north and middle belt regions, brought on by the blood bath of Northern Leaders in the first
...re for autonomy and protection from the military's wrath. By May 1967, the Eastern Region had declared itself an independent state called the [[Republic of Bi
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