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🇰🇪 Kenya

🇳🇬 Nigeria

🇲🇬 Madagascar

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🇹🇬 Togo

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🇬🇳 Guinea

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🇸🇸 South Sudan

Eswatini

🇧🇯 Benin

🇨🇩 Congo

🇬🇲 Gambia

🇬🇭 Ghana

🇩🇯 Djibouti

🇿🇦 South Africa

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Sao Tomé and Príncipe

🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo

🇺🇬 Uganda

🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

🇿🇲 Zambia

🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

🇸🇴 Somalia

🇪🇹 Ethiopia

🇹🇿 Tanzania

🇬🇦 Gabon

Mauritius

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Namibia

Burundi

🇱🇷 Liberia

🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau

🇲🇼 Malawi

🇷🇼 Rwanda

Eritrea

🇲🇿 Mozambique

🇨🇫 Central African Republic

Mali

🇨🇲 Cameroon

🇹🇩 Chad

🇳🇪 Niger

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