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...worse transgressors against human rights in Africa are from other countries, Leslie A. Harriman, permanent representative to the United Nations' Nigerian mission said to an audience of approximately 200 in Gund Hall...
...future army. Smith wanted his Rhodesian security forces to remain in control during the transition period, which could last several months and perhaps a year. Nkomo insisted that the guerrillas should be in charge. Mugabe arrived in Lusaka several days later, was briefed on the Smith meeting by Nigerian officials involved in the negotiations, and then sought the advice of several other African leaders. Both Nyerere and Machel argued that Smith was not really prepared to withdraw in favor of a Patriotic Front-dominated government, and that the price of the Front's cooperation should be a letter...
...There's no time for joking here," the Nigerian captain said sternly. Immediately, the men of his company stopped clowning and began to set up their U.N. flags and tents in the town of Deir Kanour. "That's more like it," said the captain. A crowd of children gathered around, fascinated by the tall black soldiers, their faces scarred with tribal markings. "Not much left to some of these places," the captain observed of the bullet-scarred walls and bombed-out buildings. Then, as the children began to applaud, he told a visitor: "That...
...There is no refrigeration to keep the milk from spoiling. Moreover, the instructions on the can are often in a different language from that spoken in the area where these products are sold, so proper preparation is very unlikely. The British charity organization War on Want found one Nigerian mother feeding her baby just water, thinking it was the bottle itself that provided nutrition...
...Lagos speech, the Washington Post accused Carter of succumbing to Nigeria's "uncomplicated fervor" for a guerrilla victory by the Patriotic Front forces, headed by Joshua Nkomo of Z.A.P.U. (Zimbabwe African People's Union) and Robert Mugabe of Z.A.N.U. (Zimbabwe African National Union). Meanwhile, the Nigerian joint communique failed to mention any progress achieved from Smith's internal settlement, which the Post called "more democratic, moderate and multiracial than any government the guerrillas might construct." To gain, in effect, revolutionary credentials, the President appeared to be holding Salisbury "to lofty moral and political standards, while often appearing...