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f the executive council.
Curiously enough, Mr.. Nyerere's
detectives are in line with the
5hana Cor old Gold Coast) con-
Ititution of 1851.
However, the British Colonial
Office is worried about European
in Kenya and Nyasa-
land.
Incidentally, with respect to the
sticky problems Of Kenya, Mr..
Nyerere is offering his services as
mediator there since the latest
effort of Kenya Government to
break the power of Tom Mboya
has resulted in the usual stale
mate.
In the Republic of Niger of the
French-African Community a law
has been passed for the prevention
of the abuse" of the liberty of
the press, defamation of character,
and spreading of false" news.
Speaking of the French-African
Community, Leopold Senghor of
the Mali Federation is comforting
frequently with French officials.
Mr.. Songhor is president of the
federal assembly of the Mali fed
Grafton.
During his recent trip to Paris
where he conferred with French
President Charles de Gaulle, EN-
peror Halle Selassie of Ethiopia
paid a special visit to the head
quarters of the UN Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organiza-
ton.
Emperor Selassie praised high
ly the contribution of UNESCO to
the African country's educational
program.
The activities in Ethiopia of
UNESCO include a community de-
velopment center at Magite, a VIII
lage 200 miles northeast of Addiz
Ababa, capital of Ethiopia. Also
UNESCo is providing technical
aid in library organization and the
publication of an album Of Eth
opian miniatures.
I'VE salute" declared Emperor
Selassie to gratified UNESCO Of
hcials, "the immensely fruitful
work of UNESCO, fruitful not only
through its important contribu-
ton to the national program Of
education in Ethiopia, but also and
above all to the impulse which 1t
gives to the formation of an in
ternational Intellectual heritage"
Two African petitioners appeared
before the UN Committee on South
West Africa recently.
They were Fanuel ]. Kozonguizi
and Hans Johannes Beukes.
Mr.. Kozonguizi spoke elequently
on behalf of the Herrere people
in South West Africa.
Mr.. Beukes, winner of a three
year scholarship to study at the
University of Oslo through the
benevolence Of the Norwegian Ma
tional Union Of Students. At one
time, Mr.. Beukes was a student at
the University Of Cape Town. Al
though granted a South African
passport, Mr.. Beukes had exper-
fenced embarrassment at the port
Of embarkation, Port Elizabeth,
when African authorities withdrew
the passport.
A native of South West Africa,
Mr.. Beukes spoke Of the passport
Withdrawals by the verwoord Ad
ministration of South Africa, as
well as on the conditions in the Re
hobeth community.
The Committee on South West
Africa was established by the UN
General Assembly to investigate
the miserable plight of the Az
ricans in the country. 1t was Great
ed only after the South African
Government stubbornly refused to
relay official information about
the mineral-rich territory.
During a recent discussion in
Geneva, Switzerland of the UN
Economic and Social Council on
world economic conditions, Mekki
Abbas, Executive Secretary Of the
UN Economic Commission for AZ
RIGA, told the gathering that while
Africans had not experienced sharp
effects from the recent recession,
their lot still remained difficult.
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