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“We can once again become a great nation that is voluntarily united in diversity rather than divided by diversity.”
Source: Speech at the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, Nyayo Stadium, Nairobi, 9 January 2005 (full text, BBC Monitoring transcription)
Context The agreement signed that day ended Africa's longest civil war and opened a six-year interim period leading to a referendum on southern secession.
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