Word: coloniale
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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LONDON, Feb. 5--Russian attacks on British colonial policies are giving Britain second thoughts about its invitation to Soviet Bulganin and Communist party chief Khrushchev to visit London in April.
At Ikeja airport near Nigeria's capital city of Lagos, high-ranking British colonial officials thronged into a red-and-gold pavilion to welcome Britain's Queen Elizabeth II at the start of her three-week visit. One of the most dressed-up men present was Nigeria'...
AIRLINE MERGER between Eastern and Colonial Airlines will finally go through after nearly two years of legal battles. Under the $12 million deal, Eastern will get 13 planes, some 2,700 miles of new routes to Montreal and Bermuda.
Died. Hadj Thami el Mezouari el Glaoui, eightyish, wily Pasha of Marrakech; of cancer; in Marrakech, Morocco. Berber Chieftain El Glaoui was named Pasha in 1908 for helping depose his first Sultan, rode to immense wealth (estimated at $50 million) from tithes on almond, saffron and olive harvests, profits from...
Under the gradually slackening reins of colonial dominion, Nigeria has achieved a high degree of national prosperity. In 1954 its favorable trade balance of exports (cocoa, palm oil, peanuts) over imports reached a record $100 million. Even among the slums and squalor of beggar-strewn Lagos there are startling evidences...