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Chad

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A piece of waste material created by punching cards or tape.

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Senegal

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A country on the coast of West Africa.

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Mali

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A country in West Africa.

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Niger

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1.A river in northwestern Africa that rises in Sierra Leone and flows in a great arc for 2,550 miles (4,100 km) into the Gulf of Guinea.

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Sudan

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2.A vast region in North Africa that extends across the width of the continent from the southern edge of the Sahara to the tropical equatorial zone in the south

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Darfur

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1.A region in the west of Sudan, an independent kingdom until 1874. In 2003 a rebellion against the Sudanese government began, and many thousands died or were displaced in the subsequent conflict

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Patriarchal

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2.Of, relating to, or characteristic of a system of society or government controlled by men

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Nuclear family

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1.A couple and their dependent children, regarded as a basic social unit

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Uganda

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1.A landlocked country in East Africa; pop. 26,404,000; capital, Kampala; languages, English (official), Swahili, and other languages

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Tanzania

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1.A country in East Africa, on the Indian Ocean; pop. 36,580,000; capital, Dar es Salaam (Dodoma, in central Tanzania, is expected to become the official capital city by 2005); languages, Swahili and English (both official)

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Rwanda

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1.A landlocked country in central Africa, north of Burundi and south of Uganda; pop. 7,954,000; capital, Kigali; languages, Rwanda (a Bantu language) and French (both official). Official name Rwandese Republic

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Burundi

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1.A central African country on the northeastern side of Lake Tanganyika, south of Rwanda; pop. 6,230,000; official languages, French and Kirundi; capital, Bujumbura

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Kenya

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1.A country in East Africa, on the Indian Ocean; pop. 32,021,000; capital, Nairobi; languages, Swahili (official), English (official), and Kikuyu

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Ethiopia

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1.A country in northeastern Africa, on the Red Sea; pop. 67,251,000; capital, Addis Ababa; languages, Amharic (official) and several other Afro-Asiatic languages

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Somalia

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1.A country in northeastern Africa, on the peninsula known as the Horn of Africa; pop. 8,304,000; capital, Mogadishu; languages, Somali and Arabic (both official)

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Djibouti

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1.A country on the northeastern coast of Africa; pop. 466,900; capital, Djibouti; languages, Arabic and French (official), Somali and other Cushitic languages

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Guinea

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2.A former British gold coin that was first minted in 1663 from gold imported from West Africa, with a value that was later fixed at 21 shillings. It was replaced by the sovereign from 1817

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Cote d’Ivoire

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Togo

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1.A country in West Africa with a short coastline on the Gulf of Guinea; pop. 5,556,000; capital, Lomé; languages, French (official) and West African languages. Official name Togolese Republic

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Benin

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1.A country in West Africa, just west of Nigeria; pop. 7,250,000; capital, Porto Novo; languages, French (official), West African languages