It does however serve an important function, in helping the region drain water better.

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They would drain lakes in a region that is famous for its rugged beauty - a landscape of glaciers, ice-fields, mountains and fjords.

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But the country is still experiencing a brain drain to other parts of the region and the world.

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The Celtic Warriors were disbanded in 2004 after the WRU, under then group chief executive David Moffett, decided a fifth region was surplus to requirements and a drain on financial resources.

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This situation can be partly explained by the brain drain, even if Africa is far from being the only region concerned.

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