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...faceless, unpopular military junta in Addis Ababa known as "the Dergue" (literally, the shadow) last week launched an all-out campaign to end the 14-year-old civil war in Ethiopia 's breakaway northern province of Eritrea. Following an appeal by Ethiopia's strongman, Brigadier General Teferi Benti, to "crush the reactionary forces," government sources claimed that tens of thousands of peasant volunteers were marching toward the Eritrean border, reportedly armed with such crude weapons as spears and ancient muzzle-loaders. But it seemed doubtful whether the government would be any more successful in putting down the rebellion...
...Addis Ababa, a senior military officer pulled down a copy of The Living Bible from his library shelves one evening recently and began reading from a chapter in Isaiah.* "Israel's kings will be like babies, ruling childishly. And the worst sort of anarchy will prevail, everyone trampling on someone else, neighbors fighting neighbors, youths revolting against authority, criminals sneering at honorable men." He paused and said sadly: "That is precisely the situation we now have in this country...
...recognized Neto's regime as Angola's sole legitimate government. Uganda President Idi Amin, who is chairman of the O.A.U., praised the move shortly after his own country became the 26th member of the organization to recognize the M.P.L.A. Last month an O.A.U. summit meeting in Addis Ababa was deadlocked 22 to 22 on the question of recognizing the M.P.L.A. It now seems probable that Portugal, which transferred power jointly to the three liberation movements under the Alvor agreement last year, will also recognize Neto's government. At week's end there were predictions that Britain...
...agreement! No resolution! We have failed the people of Angola!" So said Kenya's Vice President Daniel Arap Moi last week after the collapse of the Organization of African Unity's emergency summit meeting on the Angolan civil war. After three frustrating days of talks in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, the delegates from the 46 O.A.U. nations gave up their effort to find a way to halt the fighting. In fact, all they were able to do was demonstrate just how little unity there is in the O.A.U. The delegates not only failed to adopt a resolution...
...Liberation of Angola (F.N.L.A.). Meanwhile, there was a strong chance that the M.P.L.A. might be recognized as the country's legitimate government by a majority of the 46 member states of the Organization of African Unity, which at week's end began an emergency summit in Addis Ababa to discuss Angola...