Two speakers advocated for a strong focus on historical facts in education: Georges Bensoussan of the Shoah Memorial in Paris and Professor Dina Porat, Chief-Historian of Yad Vashem and professor at Tel Aviv University.

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Since it emphasises fairness and historical facts on the ground over dogmatic adherence to geometry, the convention has probably prevented conflict.

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Dangote later added that few people at the conference know much about Africa and instead rely on historical information or hearsay for its facts.

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Another app for discovering information based on your location, History Here, finds historical facts for your area.

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