Word: sahel
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...sometimes riot when social workers try to bathe their children, the French army's Sections Administratives Specialises officers have done surprisingly well in some spots with the 700,000 regrouped Moslems in their care. Thirty miles south of Algiers the S.A.S. have built from scratch the Village du Sahel. It has modern schools, electricity and running water, army-built stone-and-plaster houses and shops. Its men have found work locally as agricultural laborers or herdsmen. In showcase Sahel, the greatest fear is being turned out of the new town. Says one resettled Moslem: "Provided the army stays...