Word: secessionism
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Such appeals have a familiar ring to African nationalists. It is unlikely, however, that they will bring the Sudanese rebels much support. Although most black African leaders distrust the Arabs, few seem willing to risk splitting the continent into two hostile camps. A successful secession movement would set a dangerous...
∙CONGO. When the Belgian colony precipitately won independence in 1960, the new nation collapsed in mutiny and civil war. The U.N. decided to intervene, and initially there was no Big Power opposition. Some 20,000 U.N. troops from 21 countries fought to subdue Moise Tshombe's secession in...
Early this year, the Black Liberation Front, a hot-eyed batch of pro-Castro New York Negroes, got in touch with some Quebec separatists, an equally odd outfit fanatically dedicated to Quebec's secession from Canada. The Black Liberation boys wanted some dynamite; the Canadians were willing to provide...
The Dunster withdrawal marked a turning point in the saga; for the first time, students were proposing that the Council itself, not simply its President, be reformed. While attacking the Dunster secession, Phillips admitted that some changes were necessary. The Council began an agonizing reappraisal of itself.
As abruptly as it began, Nigeria's political crisis faded away last week. In five days of talks at the presidential palace in Lagos, political leaders from the East and West argued bitterly over the election that returned Prime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa's Northern-based alliance...