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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...SUDAN (Br. & Egyptian)Pop.: 12,100,000. Size: 967,500 sq. mi. Literacy: 5%. School enrollment: 318,000. College graduates: 200 plus. Christians: Less than 2%. Moslems: 80%. Strongman Ibrahim Abboud seeks unified Moslem state. Few savage practices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NEW, INDEPENDENT AFRICA: | 8/3/1962 | See Source »

...SOMALIA (Br. & Italian) Pop.: 2,000,000. Size: 246,000 sq. mi. Literacy: 10%. School attendance: Under 5%. College graduates: 100. Moslems: nearly 100%. Nomadic peoples are mostly illiterate. British and Italians educated small cadre to take over government. Few savage customs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NEW, INDEPENDENT AFRICA: | 8/3/1962 | See Source »

...Percentage of eligible children attending primary schools. Br.: Formerly British-ruled. F.: Formerly French-ruled. Bel.: Formerly Belgian-ruled. **Estimated. † Percentage of registered voters participating at last national election...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NEW, INDEPENDENT AFRICA: | 8/3/1962 | See Source »

...autostrada running west out of Milan, the first German brewery to be built in Italy is now under construction. When it goes into production next spring, the Prinzen Brau brewery will produce 1,350,000 gallons of heady, German-style beer a year. The man behind Prinzen Bräu: West Germany's Rudolph-August Oetker, 46, a publicity-shunning tycoon who has built an inherited baking powder business into a 100-company complex with interests ranging from shipping to insurance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Italy: Switch to Suds | 8/3/1962 | See Source »

...beer has increased to 1½ gal. a year-not much, but enough to make a brewer's mouth water at the future prospects. To ensure a splashing welcome for his product, Oetker has prudently included a handful of leading Italian businessmen in his new venture. Prinzen Bräu's president is Dr. Giovanni Maria Vitelli, head of Turin's influential Chamber of Commerce, and among the members of the company's board is Count Piero Bonelli, a Fiat general director. The brewing will be done by German brewmasters, whose beer is more malty than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Italy: Switch to Suds | 8/3/1962 | See Source »

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