Word: madagascar
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...Congo last week found itself with a new political structure, a new name-and perhaps even a prospect of peace Among the island palms of placid Madagascar, most of the faction leaders me for a sweltering summit parley, agreed to split the nation into eight new sovereign states loosely joined. Tentative title: Confederation of Central African States...
...understand the problem of Algeria, Hoffmann maintained, one must understand the "psychological obstinacy" of French President de Gaulle. The French President has demonstrated in Madagascar, in the Ivory Coast and in Guinea that he is willing to permit colonial liberation--on the condition that France grant the liberation without pressure from internal revolutions, Hoffmann said...
...states. De Gaulle frankly hoped and expected that most of the colonies would prefer to settle for autonomy within the French Community. But twelve members have disconcertingly taken him at his word, and France has accepted the situation with grace. Last April, the Malagasy Republic on the island of Madagascar and the Mali Federation, a union of the former French West African colonies of Senegal and Sudan, sought and were granted their complete sovereignty. In the next two weeks, eight other Community members will become independent nations: Dahomey, Ivory Coast, Upper Volta, and Niger, which are loosely grouped into...
...island of Madagascar became the independent Malagasy Republic...
...Madagascar, the world's fourth-largest island, whose 5,000,000 inhabitants are largely descended from a far-voyaging group of Malayo-Polynesians who settled there perhaps 20 centuries ago, became the independent Malagasy Republic last week to the theme of banners reading "Long Live France, Country of Great Men!" Bulky, autocratic Philibert Tsiranana, the country's most popular figure, holds the offices of both President and Premier, and to avoid bothersome annoyance from Parliament, persuaded the legislators to give him the power to rule by decree. Though completely independent, the new republic will remain in the French...