Word: zambia
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Four years and two months from the day it finally won kwacha - freedom - Zambia last week held its first parliamentary election as a sovereign state...
...stirring demonstration of what President Kenneth Kaunda calls "the cause of the common man." Although there were battles and at least 25 deaths in pre-election campaigning, Kaunda was determined that such internecine struggle should be ended after election day. "I have no doubt," he said, "that young Zambia will be one of those few countries to break the nasty record in Africa, Asia and Latin America, where post-independence elections have brought some kind of confusion...
...Peking, Taiwan's rival, currently offers assistance to 24 countries, with at least 1,000 technicians and a host of laborers. But there is a difference in approach. The Communists lean toward large prestige projects, such as their effort to build a railway linking Tanzania and Zambia, and because of the size of such projects, often fall behind. They also insist on sending hordes of their own laborers; the men from Taiwan prefer maximal participation by the host country. The Nationalists deny that political dividends are their main objective. But Vanguard's efforts quite clearly have a bearing...
...rich countries as Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. He is already emphasizing the African and Latin American aid referred to in his speech. Last week the bank and its subsidiary, International Development Association, approved loans or credits totaling $25.1 million for roads, forestry projects and livestock programs in Nigeria, Zambia and Uganda...
...stirring the world's conscience, Biafra's publicity has forced three of Nigeria's arms suppliers (Czechoslovakia, The Netherlands, Belgium) to cut off their shipments. It has also supported the diplomatic recognition of Biafra by four African nations (Gabon, Zambia. Tanzania, Ivory Coast). Eventually, if they can somehow hold out long enough, Biafrans may win a source of material help. They have lately found an influential friend in Charles de Gaulle, who has urged that the war be settled on the principle of "a people's right to self-determination...