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Since the statement in the article cites the CIA Factbook, which I consider to be a very reliable source, I'm satisfied with that explanation. [[User:MountainDew|MountainDew]] 01:21, 11 April 2007 (EDT) | Since the statement in the article cites the CIA Factbook, which I consider to be a very reliable source, I'm satisfied with that explanation. [[User:MountainDew|MountainDew]] 01:21, 11 April 2007 (EDT) | ||
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I can't believe that no one caught the inaccurate info about Ethiopia's location in Africa. It had to be pointed out by someone who is likely another vandal.[[User:NSmyth|Nsmyth]] 05:19, 25 April, 2007 | I can't believe that no one caught the inaccurate info about Ethiopia's location in Africa. It had to be pointed out by someone who is likely another vandal.[[User:NSmyth|Nsmyth]] 05:19, 25 April, 2007 | ||
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I have to question the assertion that Ethiopia is the only African country never to be colonized. I don't think Liberia was ever colonized. MountainDew 01:14, 11 April 2007 (EDT)
Liberia was set up as an American colony for the repatriation of black American slaves. While it was not run as a settler colony or administered from the metropole on the French or British models, it was still very much a colonial state built on land that was previously the domain of Africans.Jacobin 01:20, 11 April 2007 (EDT)
Since the statement in the article cites the CIA Factbook, which I consider to be a very reliable source, I'm satisfied with that explanation. MountainDew 01:21, 11 April 2007 (EDT)
Inaccurate Info
I can't believe that no one caught the inaccurate info about Ethiopia's location in Africa. It had to be pointed out by someone who is likely another vandal.Nsmyth 05:19, 25 April, 2007