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Mali Federation

 * ... that the Mali Federation, combining Mali and Senegal, only lasted for two months until political differences split the federation apart?
 * Reviewed: United States v. Lovett
 * Comment: Quick confirmation of the hook, [here]: "The Mali Federation, as an independent state, existed for exactly two months, from June 20 to August 20, 1960." If there are other hooks suggested, that would be cool too.

5x expanded by AbstractIllusions (talk). Self nominated at 19:30, 28 July 2013 (UTC).


 * Symbol voting keep.svg New enough, long enough and suitably expanded. Could you include the link you put into the article itself (my only slight issue), otherwise absolutely fine! I would suggest:
 * "... that the Mali Federation, combining Mali and Senegal, only lasted for two months before political differences split the federation apart?" as a slightly shorter and clearer hook, but the existing one works (length-wise) too.
 * Great to see more Africa-related DYK anyway! Brigade Piron (talk)
 * Changed original hook to the cleaner version, added inline reference to the Hodgkin and Morgenthau quote, and added URL in the article for that reading. None of the other sources have google books beyond snippet view, so I didn't include them. Thanks for the hook refinements. AbstractIllusions (talk) 20:48, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg As far as I'm aware then, it's good to go! Brigade Piron (talk) 22:26, 30 July 2013 (UTC)