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...starvation. Some 3,000 Ethiopian refugees are descending each day on Sudanese relief centers, and anywhere from 250,000 to 350,000 additional refugees may arrive in the next < two months. Says Nicholas Morris, representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum: "We have had 125,000 new arrivals in the past year, 70,000 since November. We need food as fast...
...week's end the logistical details of the operation remained sketchy. It is believed, however, that a Belgian charter company, Trans European Airways, has been flying Boeing 707s to Khartoum, Sudan's capital, picking up the Falashas and flying them to Israel via Brussels and other cities in Western Europe. Israel faces considerable problems in assimilating its new Ethiopian residents. Even though their numbers are not great enough to strain school budgets or the job market, the Falashas' presence has triggered racial tension. Last month the city of Eilat (pop. 20,000) refused at first to provide a group...
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...guerrillas demanded an end to both projects as well as to all French aid to Khartoum. The hostages were soon released, a result, diplomats say, of secret talks between the companies and the rebels. The government claims its forces rescued the hostages, but most analysts dismiss that as face-saving...
...under cultivation. Some farmers have given up trying to market their produce because of the country's abominable road system. Shortages of skilled labor and raw materials have forced factories to operate at a fraction of capacity. Electrical blackouts are commonplace; one outage in Khartoum this past summer lasted 24 days. Sudan has rescheduled its foreign debt (currently some $8 billion) five times since...