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THEN the British bombshell turned a steady flow into a torrent. Ignited by Conservatives looking for a campaign issue, rumors spread that hordes of colored immigrants were about to descend on British shores. These reports in turn sparked rumors in Nairobi that the British were going to limit immigration. Last month Parliament bowed to British public opinion and passed the Common-wealth Immigration...
First-time passengers on Nairobi-based East African Airways are almost always noticeably nervous. And with reason. Emblazoned with the national colors (green, yellow, red, white, black and blue) of its three partners (Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania), E.A.A. planes look like a wild trip even when they are on the ground. To make matters worse, travelers in Africa are usually aware that the line's 30,000-mile network covers some of the world's roughest terrain, including bush runways plagued with mud and giant anthills that can rise up between flights. Yet for all its drawbacks, E.A.A...
...when the American packing firm, "Ward Foods," agreed to act as agents for the Somalia Government's cattle transactions with Kenya, the 16-month-old trade boycott came to an end. News of the resumed trade was released by Bruce Mckenzie, Kenya's minister for Agriculture, who said in Nairobi that the decision was in the spirit of Harambee (pulling together, a Kenyan national slogan) and ". . . [it] results directly from the Kinshasa agreement . . . to find ways to end the border dispute...
...meantime, what has happened to the small band of rebels who set out to assassinate President Banda of Malawi? The following item appeared on the front page of the Daily Nation of October 15, published in Nairobi. The article read: "Rebel Arms seized in Malawi raids." "The President's Office in Blantyre said today that security forces have captured a rocket launcher and other arms from terrorists in South-Western Malawi in the past six days. The arms were mostly of Communist Chinese, Russian or Czechoslovak manufacture, the President's Office said...
Fear of Resentment. "As odious as his name may be to millions of Africans," said the East African Standard in Nairobi, "it is no light matter to send a man to certain death with a stroke of the pen." Calling for a "fair trial" for Tshombe, the Tanzania Standard warned the Congo that its actions could "further tarnish Africa's image. It could provide a precedent to hang like a sword of Damocles over other African leaders who openly support what, in effect, amounts to a blood lust." The U.S. has interceded with Congo President Joseph Mobutu to spare...