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...called because there are roughly as many Americans in Ethiopia at a military communications center near Asmara-1,600 servicemen and an equal number of dependents...
...Black Africa, This zone of instability, from Chad to the Horn, is a battleground where Arab guerrillas are pitted against black governments, and African rebels against Arab regimes. In a sense, two of the stubbornest rebellions-the civil war in the southern Sudan and the Eritrean uprising in northern Ethiopia-are extensions of the Arab-Israeli conflict to the north. The situation in the Sudan has been further complicated by the Soviet Union's powerful thrust toward the Indian Ocean...
...support of their own. In September 1969-about three months after Numeiry seized power in Khartoum and aligned the Sudan more closely with Egypt-the Israelis began parachuting arms and supplies from an unmarked DC-3 to Owing-ki-bul. The DC-3 apparently flies in from either southwestern Ethiopia or northern Uganda; Israel provides extensive aid to both countries. Because the Khartoum government has allowed Ethiopia's Eritrean rebels to cross the Sudan while returning to their own country from overseas, Emperor Haile Selassie has permitted the southern Sudanese to take refuge in Ethiopia from time to time...
Arab Front. The seeds of the current revolt lie deep in Eritrea's history. A field of battle between Arabs and Ethiopians since the 8th century, it became an Italian colony in 1885 and remained one until 1941. After World War II, Eritrea was turned over to Ethiopia under a United Nations mandate. In 1962 the last shreds of autonomy were stripped away when it was integrated into the Ethiopian empire...
Desperate Poverty. Despite Africanization programs aimed at placing political and economic power in indigenous hands, a grating degree of dependence on Europe persists. Small wonder: when the Belgians withdrew, the Congo had 13 college graduates; when the French left, Gabon had none. Of 34 Black African airlines, only Ethiopia's uses black captains on its major runs (though several use African pilots on local flights...