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South Yemen

noun

  1. See North Yemen, Yemen
    a former republic in SW Arabia, on the Gulf of Aden; now a part of Yemen: became a republic in 1967; merged with North Yemen in 1990 Official name (1967–90)People's Democratic Republic of Yemen Name from 1963 to 1967 (excluding Aden)Federation of South ArabiaSouth Arabia See also Yemen North Yemen

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Indeed, North Yemen and South Yemen were separate countries from 1967 to 1990 and fought a civil war in 1994.

During the 1970s, communist regimes also took power in Angola, Mozambique, Somalia, Ethiopia, South Yemen, and Afghanistan.

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