5 Aug 2000 12 minute read
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... National leaders ferociously defended the colonial borders they had inherited - there was a fear that if once ... at least be conceived. The 'sanctity' of the colonial borders has now been breached too, by Eritrea's long-sought ... still-chaotic Somalia. The sheer absurdity of the existing borders has become ever more evident. In many parts of the ...