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Control of the country was effectively seized in 1966 by Jean Bedel Bokassa and, just a decade later, he had himself declared emperor with the republic as his own empire of Central Africa.

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The Church of St Nicholas, Ash, probably replaced a Saxon wooden building when it was erected in the twelfth century, with its tower becoming a navigation aid for boats using the low-lying coastal network of trading waterways.

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Full independence was achieved in 1960, incorporating many of the area's former sultanates, but the republic was short-lived as it was seized in 1966.

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France on 15 January 1910 formed the 'Federation of French Colonies' out of all of its Central African colonial possessions, along with many later revisions.

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West Looe (Second) Bible Christian Chapel was built in 1889 to replace the town's small Salem Chapel, but this has since closed down and has been rebuild to accommodate apartments.

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