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...return the nation's U.N. ambassador, Saturnine Ibongo lyanga, said his countrymen hoped to be "an Iberian bridge to Africa." All differences seemed ironed out between the 60,000 Fangs of underdeveloped Rio Muni, the mainland wing, and the 8,000 Bubis of the prosperous island of Fernando Poo. Francisco Macias Nguema, 45, was elected President, and his fellow Fang, cosmopolitan Atanasio Ndongo, 41, became Foreign Minister. Then, unhappily, the Fangs fell...
...Poo Poo," she said very quietly...
...Poo Poo," said Mildred quietly...
...getting something done, Warton and Von Rosen have won applause from a legion of frustrated humanitarians. Relief officials who elected to go through the usual channels have encountered, and sometimes created, a wall of Byzantine obstruction. Tons of food are now stockpiled on the islands of Fernando Poo and Sao Tome, in Lagos and at other points?but the combatants cannot agree on how it is to be delivered. Nigeria insists that it come by overland route, where federal forces can make an in spection for arms. Biafra insists on an air route, claiming that the Nigerians will poison...
Along the way, Fernando Poo pulled steadily ahead of timber-and coffeegrowing Rio Muni, sharpening a longtime rivalry between the two provinces. But, departing from his policy in Spain, where politics remain tightly controlled, Franco has permitted Spanish Guineans to form at least half a dozen noisy political parties to work off their steam. Many politicians in Fernando Poo want the island to remain part of Spain. Those in Rio Muni want independence, but they also hope to keep the $7,300,000 a year in export subsidies and $670,000 a year in budget support that Spain now provides...