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...most powerful force in the A.L.N. is former Army Chief of Staff Colonel Houari Boumedienne, 37, a gaunt, chainsmoking ascetic who wears no insignia on his ill-fitting khaki uniform. One of the best-educated men in the F.L.N., Boumedienne attended the two finest Moslem universities, al-Azhar in Cairo and Zi-touna in Tunis, is the editor of a military review. El Djiech (The Army). At present, Boumedienne backs Ben Bella, but he wants to make the army the backbone of the Algerian nation. Boumedienne opposes close economic ties with France as a form of-"neo-colonialism," is against...
...triumphal arc of laurel branches spanned the main street of the west Algerian city of Tiaret. In the reviewing stand, dissident Vice Premier Ahmed ben Bella listened to the cheers of thousands of Moslem women chanting Yu! Yu! Yu!, then settled back to listen to a round of speeches from his top aides, attempting to justify his bid to overthrow the government of Premier Benyoussef Benkhedda. Just as one speaker assured the crowd that "Algeria is not the Congo," a messenger passed word to the assembled dignitaries that perhaps it really was. Some 320 miles to the east, at Constantine...
...MALI (F.) Pop.: 4,100,000. Size: 945,000 sq. mi. Literacy: 10%. School Attendance: 6%. College graduates: 100 plus. Outside Timbuctoo and other towns, population largely nomadic, 60% Moslem...
...SUDAN (Br. & Egyptian)Pop.: 12,100,000. Size: 967,500 sq. mi. Literacy: 5%. School enrollment: 318,000. College graduates: 200 plus. Christians: Less than 2%. Moslems: 80%. Strongman Ibrahim Abboud seeks unified Moslem state. Few savage practices...
...says Abdul Rahman, "and not one road connecting any of the territories with each other." But the Tengku was not being just altruistic about the Borneo lands; he wants their inclusion in the federation because, being non-Chinese, they would preserve the existing cultural balance and keep the Malay-Moslem population from being swamped by the influx of Singapore's 1,250,000 Chinese...