Word: namibia
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...constantly harassed by UNITA forces. The Luanda government has launched an all-out assault in southern Angola in an effort to finish off the resistance. So far its main achievement has been to terrorize innocent civilians. MiG fighter-bombers have napalmed entire villages near Angola's border with Namibia (South West Africa); herds of cattle have been slaughtered, not only to feed the attacking forces but to punish the pro-UNlTA tribesmen...
MacBride, who won the peace prize in 1974, is currently the United Nations commissioner for Namibia (South-West Africa). He has also served as Ireland's Minister for External Affairs, president of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, and secretary-general of the International Commission of Jurists...
...third-year Harvard Law School student recently back from the South African territory of Namibia, said yesterday the South African anti-terrorist law "is so broad that practically any activity can lead to conviction," and that it is "a matter of administrative discretion to decide whom to charge and whom...
During a seven month stay in Namibia sponsored by a grant from the Lutheran World Federation, Ralston H. Deffenbaugh investigated the quality of legal defense for those prosecuted under the South African policy of apartheid...
...United Nations and South Africa have each claimed that they have jurisdiction over Namibia. This dispute has not been resolved. In the interim, the South African government continues to rule the territory...