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...Ahmadu's bloodline runs back to his great-grandfather, who in 1802 carved out a Moslem empire through the mostly arid northern half of Nigeria. But Sir Ahmadu has brought off the neat trick of turning feudal domain into political machine. When the British called elections last December, as a first step toward independence, the Sardauna stumped the walled cities of the north in a campaign that included such innovations as helicopters, skywriting and more than one stuffed ballot box. His party won 142 out of 312 seats in the federal Parliament. Already Premier of the Northern Region...
...hack out a road from a school to a chapel back in the bush. In credulous Africans followed them everywhere; a dozen English-speaking Nigerian students worked beside them, jabbering questions about life in the U.S. Asked if religion was anything of an issue among the students, one Moslem student exclaimed: "We are too happy with one another to worry about heavenly things...
...nations born last week, none faced bleaker prospects than the Somali Republic. Combining the former Italian and British colonies on Africa's horn, the country is largely a desert plateau, studded with anthills as tall as a man, and roamed by a Moslem nomadic people whose per capita income from their herds is just $10 a year. In a way, Somalia's only asset for nationhood is a small group of capable, moderate leaders. They bear no grudge against the West, because they bear no scars of a struggle for independence...
...France, it was a time of anxious waiting. At Melun, 30 miles southeast of Paris, official representatives of France and of Algeria's Moslem rebels met for the first time in 5½ years. On the outcome of their talks hung the hopes of an end to the Algerian...
...Betweens. Politically, the rebels were in better shape. Despite De Gaulle's hopes to the contrary, the economic boom in Algiers (TIME, June 20) and other Algerian cities has not won over to the French cause even those Moslems who benefit from it. Though few of them dare express their views for fear of French army reprisals, the bulk of Algeria's Moslems, including some who outwardly "collaborate" with France, continue to sympathize with the F.L.N. demand for independence. Higher wages for Moslem workers often help finance a bigger contribution to F.L.N. coffers, and time and again, French...