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East Africa

شرق أفريقيا

The eastern side of Africa and its Indian-Ocean coast, home of Swahili Islamic civilisation.

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Region
East Africa & Swahili coast

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Home of
Abdurrahman Aamir Dhuubow· Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad, Sultan of Adal· Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi· Ahmed Yusuf· Alimirah Hanfare· Amara Dunqas· Atupele Muluzi

People and things also explored

Bakili Muluzi· Abdurrahman Aamir Dhuubow· Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad, Sultan of Adal· Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi· Ahmed Yusuf· Alimirah Hanfare· Amara Dunqas· Atupele Muluzi

Sources

  • Wikidata
  • GeoNames gazetteer
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Bakili Muluzi

Malawian politician (born 1943) who served as a minister and as secretary general of the Malawi Congress Party in Hastings Banda's government, then led the opposition United Democratic Front and won the first multiparty election of 1994, ending Banda's three decades of rule; he was re-elected in 1999 and handed over power in 2004 after the third-term bid failed. His later years brought the maize-reserve scandal, arrests and corruption charges, a court bar on his 2009 candidacy, and retirement from active politics in December 2009. He was Malawi's first Muslim president and the father of Atupele Muluzi.