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... West Africa , a loose regional term , without political significance , used to denote that part of Africa between the Sahara ( north ) and the Gulf of Guinea ( south ) . On the east , the east- ern boundary of Cameroon , extending north ...
... West Africa , a loose regional term , without political significance , used to denote that part of Africa between the Sahara ( north ) and the Gulf of Guinea ( south ) . On the east , the east- ern boundary of Cameroon , extending north ...
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South African forces occupied it and initiated their claim for the country . Windhoek is the main commercial centre of South West Africa , being linked by road and railway to its main port ( Walvis Bay ) and to South Africa . It is ...
South African forces occupied it and initiated their claim for the country . Windhoek is the main commercial centre of South West Africa , being linked by road and railway to its main port ( Walvis Bay ) and to South Africa . It is ...
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... West Africa , north of what is now Botswana , which gave German South West Africa access to the Zambezi River ; and for the British ces- sion to Germany of the island of Helgoland in the North Sea - a prerequisite to German na- val ...
... West Africa , north of what is now Botswana , which gave German South West Africa access to the Zambezi River ; and for the British ces- sion to Germany of the island of Helgoland in the North Sea - a prerequisite to German na- val ...
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