East African
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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Kenyans enlisted to fight for Russia in the war against Ukraine will be granted amnesty on their return home, the East African nation's foreign minister has said.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026
He recalled donning tuxedos and carrying toy guns pretending to be James Bond on a European yacht vacation and soaring over the Serengeti in a hot air balloon during an East African safari.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026
“On my way to that cell, I passed holding cells filled with people who appeared to be of Latino and East African descent,” she wrote.
From Salon • Feb. 3, 2026
The ship is the Dianchi, a 21-year-old tanker, sailing under the flag of the small East African nation of Comoros, according to the vessel tracker Kpler and to brokers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025
By the last centuries B.C. the advancing Bantu had reached the East African coast.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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