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Common Ground. With the news of Lumumba's death, and in the thunder of Moscow's political drums, hopes of agreement suddenly faded in a welter of confusion. But it soon became clear that although several African nations (Ghana, Guinea, the U.A.R., Mali, Morocco) quickly joined the Russians in recognizing Gizenga's "government," that was where Moscow's success stopped. Mali and Guinea spoke up halfheartedly for Hammarskjold's resignation (but not his ouster); most shared the view of one Asian who admitted, "We're all at fault for not giving Hammarskjold a stronger...
Finding the Ford. Convinced that their hero had indeed been done in, eleven pro-Lumumba nations (Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Morocco, Libya, India, Indonesia, U.A.R., Ceylon, Russia and Yugoslavia) petitioned the U.N.'s Dag Hammarskjold for an immediate investigation. Moscow radio-which has reason to be expert in such matters-went on the air with a prediction that the whole escape story had been manufactured as a cover ("shot while escaping") to explain away the fact that Lumumba would be found dead. In Katanga, Moise Tshombe, busy in conferences with a visiting foreign dignitary, seemed totally unconcerned. "President Tshombe does...
...influence, says Mohammed Heikal, editor of Cairo's Al Ahram, that it has even caused good Arabic names to be debased and mispronounced. His examples: the name of Guinea's President, Sékou Touré, is a corruption of Sheikh el Tarika (meaning chief of tribe); Mali's President Modibo Keita is properly Muadab Kita (meaning polite); Nigeria's Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa should be called Abu Bakr Abu Eleiwa (all proper names...
Ignominious Tow. The conference did not begin with the kind of nourish the principals hoped for. Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana and his two satellites, Sekou Toure of Guinea and Mobido Keita of Mali, started a day late from the leafy Guinean capital of Conakry. Ferhat Abbas, President of the "provisional" F.L.N. rebel government of Algeria, took off from Spain in a chartered plane, but had to turn back because of mechanical difficulties. Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of the United Arab Republic and the canniest professional of the lot, was en route by sea in his official yacht Al Hurriyah (Freedom...
...U.A.R., Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, Sudan, Mali, Ethiopia, Guinea, Liberia...