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until 1947. As a proper noun term it may refer to: *

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, the supreme political body of Mauritania *

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, a council created to lead Sudan, lasted from April 1985 to April 1986 *

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, a council created to lead Chad after the death of president

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, established April 2021 *

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, an islamist coalition created in 2014 during the

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*One of the

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, each of which unifies local units loyal to the

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in the context of the Syrian Civil War

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