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• n  a small neutral state between two rival powers

• buffer country

News & Articles

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• Kenyan peacekeepers accused of creating buffer state inside Somalia
  Increasingly open efforts by Kenya to establish a small buffer state inside Somalia – one that Kenya holds sway in – is starting to create tensions and recrimination between what have been allies in the Horn of Africa.
  July 5, 2013 - Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News