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  2. Energy in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The United States is the world's second-largest producer and consumer of electricity. It generates 15% of the world's electricity supply, about half as much as China. [78] The United States produced 3,988 TWh in 2021. Total generation has been flat since 2010. Net electricity imports were 39 TWh, or about 1% of sales.

  3. History of Africa - Wikipedia

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    The history of Africa begins with the emergence of hominids, archaic humans and — around 300,000–250,000 years ago — anatomically modern humans ( Homo sapiens ), in East Africa, and continues unbroken into the present as a patchwork of diverse and politically developing nation states. [1]

  4. Eastern Time Zone - Wikipedia

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    The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, and the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico . Places that use: Eastern Standard Time ( EST ), when observing standard time (autumn/winter), are five hours behind Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC−05:00 ).

  5. East Africa Protectorate - Wikipedia

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    East Africa Protectorate (also known as British East Africa) was a British protectorate in the African Great Lakes, occupying roughly the same area as present-day Kenya, from the Indian Ocean inland to the border with Uganda in the west.

  6. African time - Wikipedia

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    African time (or Africa time) is the perceived cultural tendency in parts of Africa and the Caribbean [1] toward a more relaxed attitude to time. [2] [3] This is sometimes used in a pejorative sense, about tardiness in appointments, meetings and events. [4] This also includes the more leisurely, relaxed, and less rigorously scheduled lifestyle ...

  7. East African Court of Justice - Wikipedia

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    The East African Court of Justice ( EACJ) is a treaty-based judicial body of the East African Community tasked to ensure adherence to law in the interpretation and application of and compliance with the East African Community Treaty of 1999. The Court is made up of two divisions: a First Instance Division and an Appellate Division. [1]

  8. Hinduism in Africa - Wikipedia

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    African Hindu Monastery in Ghana is the first Hindu Monastery in Africa. Mauritius is the only African Union country where Hinduism is the dominant religion, with about 50% of the population as followers in 2011. Hinduism is the second largest religion in Réunion (6.7%) and Seychelles (5.4%).

  9. International organisations in Africa - Wikipedia

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    Euler diagram showing the relationships between various supranational African organisations. high income ($12,276 or more) higher middle income ($3,976 - $12,275) lower middle income ($1,006 - $3,975) low income ($1,005 or less) "Name of Organisation" (member states) x (former members) Applied (members that have applied to an organisation)