Word: rebels
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Dergue headquarters, and even wounded Mengistu in an ambush. One rebel sympathizer accosted Correspondent Griggs on a busy downtown street and boasted: "We have 700 marksmen, and some of them are Mengistu's own soldiers. It will take time, but we will clean out the pseudo-Marxist military leaders eventually...
What happened? The reasons for the slump may spell out a cautionary tale for coffee producers, who now seem to be passing the peak of a price climb as dizzying as the one in sugar in 1974. In brief, consumers did rebel: American per capita consumption last year was less than 95 lbs., down 8½ lbs. from 1973. At the same time, growers, enticed by the high prices, overplanted, and are now turning out more sugar than anyone wants to buy. World production in the crop year ending Aug. 31 is forecast to be 87.7 million tons...
...emerged as the top man in Ethiopia's 60-member junta, largely by pressing a campaign of arrests and killings that rivals even Ugandan Field Marshal Idi Amin's considerable efforts in this area. Mostly, Mengistu's efforts have been aimed at half a dozen rebel organizations, including a full-fledged guerrilla force fighting for independence in Eritrea, a desert province along the Red Sea coast. While cracking down at home, Mengistu-like other African leftist leaders-has attempted to consolidate his power by cozying up to the Soviet Union. He was especially anxious to court...
...rebel retreat, from within 20 miles of the copper-mining center of Kolwezi, had started even before the government "offensive." As they probed slowly westward, with Moroccans providing back-up support and removing antipersonnel mines from the dirt tracks en route, Zaïrian forces encountered practically no resistance. There was not a single major firefight and hardly a contact of any kind. "This isn't a war," one bored Moroccan officer confided. "It is a matter of making armed reconnaissance and then retaking ground without a fight. To call it a war is a joke...
Nonetheless, Mobutu was making the most of his moment of victory. Once the rebel retreat had begun, he flew to the region, where he was dutifully hailed by cheering crowds as the "savior of Shaba." As drum majorettes danced before le Guide, the well-coached crowds belted out songs of praise. Sample: "We are not afraid of the menace of mercenaries, for we have Mobutu, our guide and our faith...