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For what reason were Senegal and the Ivory Coast unique among African nations at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal?

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For what reason were Senegal and the Ivory Coast unique among African nations at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal?
posted Aug 9, 2017 by Ati Kumar

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They were the only two African countries not to boycott the Games
Congo and eventually 28 other countries boycotted the Games in protest at the inclusion of New Zealand, which had toured its rugby union team to, then apartheid, South Africa earlier that year.

answer Aug 10, 2017 by Diya Borda
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