<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozambique" id="mwAS0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a> becomes the first state to join the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" id="mwAS4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth of Nations</a> without having been part of the former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire" id="mwAS8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="British Empire">British Empire</a>.<sup about="#mwt97" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-16"}}' id="cite_ref-16" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./November_13#cite_note-16" id="mwATA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 16;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwATE">[16]</span></a></sup>
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