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Notorious Coastline. Many of them tell gruesome tales of the civil war. The most terrifying feature of the struggle, said Leona Parsons, a missionary based at Bongo in central Angola, "was the complete breakdown of all normal civilized life. As long as I live, I shall never forget the sight of the bodies in the streets and the pigs eating them." Added Farmer Geres Miljo, a refugee from Sa da Bandeira: "If you get in the way of the soldiers...
...company also reported nearly $400,000 in previously disguised and therefore suspect payments, made in countries where the company has had major interests in oil exploration or production. Samples: $100,000 in 1970 to a Libyan consultant, and $150,000 to President Albert-Bernard Bongo of Gabon in 1972 for oil exploration permits...
...Tanzania, Zambia and Botswana-boycotted the assemblage to protest Big Daddy's presence in the chair, and 24 others sent lesser delegations. The unexpected overthrow of Nigeria's Yakubu Gowon at mid-meeting cast another pall. Four participants -Congo's Marien Ngouabi, Gabon's Omar Bongo, Cameroon's Ahmadou Ahidjo and Niger's Seyni Kountché -quickly lit out for home. "Maybe they're not exactly afraid," commented one Arab delegate. "Just prudent...
Port Gentil, Gabon--The flags were out in Port Gentil, too. The President of Gabon, Albert Bongo, and the President of neighboring Cameroun, el-Amidji, were in town to demonstrate Central African unity and boost their egos. It turned out later that the welcome signs--"Vive la cooperacion Africaine"--and the clean streets weren't enough. The presidents were pissed because the clapping hadn't been enthusiastic enough, and Bongo made vague threats about funds to the local authorities...
...Portuguese rule in Angola. Student picketers circled Mass Hall, 24 hours a day, mindful of what had happened to the occupiers of University Hall a few years back and the mining of Haiphong harbor earlier in the week. The Kuumba Singers sang and six or a dozen people played bongo drums. If Farber had been thinking about Harvard's image, there might have been some reason for it. But the Gazette memo talked only of much loftier issues: the real forces at war in Angola, the attitudes proper to large businesses with imperialist interests, and the problems in institutional ethics...