Word: salaam
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...Salaam in Arabic means "haven of peace," but since Tanganyika became an independent country in 1961, the title of its capital has taken on a dramatic new meaning. The city has become a "haven" for refugees from the European-controlled countries of southern Africa and the main base of operations for the independence of the African states...
...week's end, as the summiteers cried "Salaam" to each other and went their several ways, the fuse had been lit for the third round of war between the Arab states and Israel. It is a long fuse, and a slow one-so slow that it could easily sputter out before explosion. The diversion of the tributaries of the Jordan cannot begin until funds are raised and expensive dams built. What with Israel's threat and the violent disagreements that still plague the Arab world, it will be remarkable if a single gallon of the Jordan ever moves...
...document titled "Operation Comeback," charged that the defendants had mapped detailed plans for a Communist-backed "war of liberation" modeled on guerrilla campaigns in China, Cuba and Algeria, to be followed by an air and sea invasion of African shock troops trained in closely guarded camps near Dar es Salaam, Addis Ababa, Cairo and Algiers. He also tried to prove that Umkonto was the "military arm" of the supposedly nonviolent African National Congress...
...Should Nyerere's cops be withdrawn, the only effective force on Zanzibar would be 300 bullyboys armed with automatic rifles who take orders from Peking-leaning Foreign Minister Abdul Rahman Mohamed, and it is "Babu" who wants Moderate Karume's job. Alarmed, Karume flew to Dar es Salaam to plead with Nyerere, who listened sympathetically and offered a counter proposal: let Zanzibar immediately merge with Tanganyika...
...follow as South Africa's black and colored people grow ever more restive under Hendrik Verwoerd's oppressive regime. Most of the refugees are young men (usually in their 20s or 30s) headed for freedom-fighter training camps, either around Tanganyika's capital of Dar es Salaam or else in the Leopoldville Congo, where promising recruits are picked for intensive guerrilla and sabotage courses in Ethiopia, Egypt and Algeria...