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Neither organization supports lay midwives. The World Health Organization and associated group standards for midwifery suggest a minimum of three years of special education, including at least one year of nursing. We wonder why California proposes a level of maternal care that WHO deems unacceptable for Nigeria, New Guinea or the Malagasy Republic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 26, 1977 | 9/26/1977 | See Source »

...Mainstage, the mistake is made by the other characters who think they know the true nature of Jero, an evangelist. Jero seems to be a guileless prophet saving souls. But he is really a beguiling con man who profits no one but himself. This funny moralistic play, written by Nigeria's leading playwright and directed by visiting director Harold Scott '57 gives a humorous evocation of the "temptations" in contemporary African life. And it gives anyone interested in working on production or costuming an opportunity to convey an unusual setting for those temptations. The play opens October...

Author: By Diane Sherlock, | Title: Mistakes to Enjoy | 9/22/1977 | See Source »

...only the guerrillas but also "acceptable elements" of the Rhodesian forces. Moreover, they pointed out, the Rhodesian police would remain in place under the transitional leadership. Overseeing this delicate grouping of white-led police and black-controlled army units would be U.N. forces, perhaps composed of contingents from Nigeria, Kenya and Finland. British and American officials argue that once a transitional government embracing moderate African elements was in place in Salisbury, the guerrilla armies would be under increasing pressure not to fight on for total control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RHODESIA: End of a Chapter | 9/12/1977 | See Source »

...Somalia and Sudan. Somalia countered that Ethiopia was in fact an aggressor guilty of "black colonialism," "murder" and "massacres." Benin did not even bother to attend the summit because it blames Gabon for last January's attempted coup against Benin President Mathieu Kerekou. Hoping to cool tempers, Nigeria's head of state, Lieut. General Olusegun Obasanjo, observed that "intra-African quarrels now constitute a real threat to peace and harmony in our continent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AFRICA: Voting for the Gun Barrel | 7/18/1977 | See Source »

Perez is optimistic about an eventual settlement. But other OPEC leaders are being typically cantankerous. The three hard-liners for higher prices -Iran, Iraq and Nigeria-seem committed to press ahead with the 5% rise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OIL: Billion-Barrel Question | 5/30/1977 | See Source »

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