Word: somalia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...regional conflicts. The region's problems have their roots in the legacy of colonialism. The principal problem has been with Somalia, which seeks to expand its frontiers at the expense not only of Ethiopia but of other countries too. My meeting with Somali President Siad Barre last January was undertaken at our initiative. Although one cannot expect to wipe away such long-standing problems in one stroke, the beginning has not been without hope...
...think we have wasted our efforts in Lebanon [WORLD, Feb. 27]. We tried to bring peace to that country, and many Lebanese were glad we were there. The Soviets, we should recall, were evicted from Egypt, Somalia and Grenada. They did not get all teary about "losing" in these areas. They looked for other opportunities. The U.S. should learn to do the same...
Political oppression has taken its own savage toll. Early last year Nigeria expelled 2 million Ghanaian workers to ease the mounting problems it faced trying to provide work for its own population. Some 700,000 ethnic Somalis, victims of a protracted war with Ethiopia, live in refugee camps within Somalia. The Sudan shelters another 637,000 refugees, including secessionist Eritreans who have been forced to flee Marxist-oriented Ethiopia, as well as 200,000 Ugandans. The Ugandan refugees have fled in two waves: those escaping the brutal policies of former Dictator Idi Amin in the '70s and those...
...scores of countries where small, labor-intensive projects are needed, technological white elephants have proliferated. In Tanzania, Zaïre and Somalia, glass-and-steel airport facilities, built in anticipation of air traffic that has not materialized, have been allowed to fall apart. Escalators do not work; electronic flight-schedule boards have been replaced by blackboards; automatic sliding glass doors have to be operated manually. In Uganda and Angola, some high-rises lack glass panes and running water. In 1975 Canada built a $2.5 million semi-automated bakery in Dar es Salaam, but often there is no flour to make...
...Jaguar jets to forestall Soviet-and Libyan-backed insurgents intent on overthrowing the government of Chad's President Hisséne Habré. The U.S. provided AW ACS planes and antiaircraft missiles to Chad; it has also negotiated the use of port facilities and airstrips in Kenya and Somalia. "We are undergoing a second colonialization," protests a Tanzanian academic. "Our present leaders are just like the old tribal chiefs who signed pacts with colonizers for a few beads. Friendship and military pacts are now penciled up in return for guns, aid or cash loans. Africa is up for grabs...