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One Man, One State. For the past two weeks, the delegates have been seeking a solution that would satisfy both Gowon and the regions. Plans to split the country into as many as a dozen regions were being aired. "One man, one state," gloomed a conference member. "That seems to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nigeria: Man Must Whack | 10/7/1966 | See Source »

Whether or not the new government was sincere in its vows to hold the nation together, Nigerians were taking no chances. With threats of secession coming from all regions except the powerless Middle West, the nation's trains, planes and highways were suddenly crowded with Hausas and Fulani fleeing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nigeria: Toward Disintegration? | 8/12/1966 | See Source »

First there were the white mercenaries hired by Mobutu's predecessor and enemy, Moise Tshombe, a tough gang of Belgians, Frenchmen, anti-Castro Cubans and English colonials, all with ties of loyalty to Tshombe. Then there were the 2,500 Katangese "gendarmes," whose fiery red-and-yellow scarves and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Congo: Rising of the Kats | 8/5/1966 | See Source »

In Kinshasa (formerly Leopoldville), President Mobutu believed otherwise. Charging that some of the white mercenaries-principally Belgians of the 6th Commando-were behind the mutiny, he fired off angry charges to Brussels and sent Premier Leonard Mulamba to Stanleyville to calm the mutineers. At week's end, Mulamba reported...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Congo: Rising of the Kats | 8/5/1966 | See Source »

That was too much for King Freddy. Declaring that the new constitution was nothing less than an act of secession from Uganda, he ordered Obote and his regime to leave Kampala, appealed to Secretary-General U Thant for United Nations intervention to avert "calamity at the eleventh hour." Obote immediately...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Uganda: The Battle of Mengo Hill | 6/3/1966 | See Source »

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