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2009.
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| Summary/Abstract |
Participation in the contact group serviced Canada's foreign policy interests in Africa. Ministers and bureaucrats believed that Canada's developing relations with black Africa were becoming more important than the traditional link to South Africa. The government hoped to maintain Canada's positive reputation among Africans by working on problems of cocern to positive reputation among Africans by working on problems of concern to them, such as South Africa's control of Namibia and apartheid.
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