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...relations by every O.A.U. state. Ethiopia and 26 Black African countries maintain diplomatic ties with Israel; Libya, the O.A.U.'s five other Arab members and seven Black African nations are violently anti-Israeli. Gaddafi has been campaigning recently to have O.A.U. headquarters shifted to Cairo from Addis Ababa, which he maintains "is the capital of Zionism in Africa." The plan was referred to a study committee-a typical maneuver-and this year's protest against Israel's aggression was toughened only slightly. Uganda's General Idi Amin failed to win any quicker resolution of his complaints...
...Organization of African Unity was founded in lofty (altitude 8,000 ft.) Addis Ababa in 1963 in a mood of high post-independence euphoria. Ethiopia's Emperor Haile Selassie described the O.A.U. as "a single African organization through which Africa's single voice may be heard, within which Africa's problems may be studied and resolved...
Last week in Addis Ababa, representatives of O.A.U.'s 41 member states held their tenth anniversary summit meeting. Only 23 of the 41 heads of state appeared-a disappointing turnout in light of earlier predictions that at least 35 would show. The city itself was spruced up as never before: flags snapped from street lamps, portraits of heads of state were posted in public squares, intricate displays of colored lights sparkled nearly everywhere. Unfortunately, the bright welcoming facade presented by Ethiopia's imperial host did little to disguise O.A.U.'s persistent problems, which are remarkably similar...
...Marseillaise, TIME Correspondent Lee Griggs wondered why France bothers to maintain its presence in the territory. The same question, he reported, troubles some French officials. They rationalize that France's departure would almost certainly bring about a war for possession between Ethiopia, which uses an Addis Ababa-Djibouti railway link as an economic lifeline, and Somalia, which was the ancestral home of the Issas. As one official put it: "The problems we inherit by staying are not as bad as the problems we would cause by leaving...
...pilot finally regained control of his plane and flew it back to Addis Ababa's Haile Selassie I airport. There the skyjackers were linked with the Eritrean Liberation Front, which has long been fighting to free Ethiopia's northernmost province. In 1970 two other Eritrean rebels attempted a similar skyjack. They were subdued by security men who neatly tucked towels on the seats behind the culprits and then slit their throats...