North Africa has vast oil and natural gas deposits, the Sahara holds the most strategic nuclear ore, and resources such as coltan, gold, and copper, among many others, are abundant on the continent. The region is full of promise and untapped riches - from oil and minerals...
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Later, when the colonists won independence, these colonies became the 13 original states. Each colony had its own government, but the British king controlled these governments.