St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1961-04-07


his visit with President Sekou
include President Kwame Nkr
Katanga President Noise Tshombe
, in Liberia.
AFRICAN LEADERS are find
ing travel outside Of the African
continent useful, too. In this con-
nection, President Leopold S. Seng-
hor of Senegal will make an offic-
ial visit to France from April
1922.
THE FIRST African woman to
be employed by Barclays Bank in
East Africa has joined the staff
of one of the Nairobi branches as
clerk. She is Miss r. M. Njoli,
10, of Fort Hall. Another first for
Kenya: The Rev. Charles NJ. Kar-
eri, was installed as the first AZ
rican moderator of the General
Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church Of East Africa.
THE SOUTH AFRICAN Broad
casting Corporation, government
owned, has been sugarcoating
events at the Prime Ministers con-
ference. 1t terms Prime Minister
Verwoerd's decision to leave the
Commonwealth as a tactical ad-
vantage" Instead of using the
word apartheid-now banned-the
broadcasting corporation Is now
using the phrase "eiesoortige on
twikkeling', literally translated
development of their own kind"
In certain contexts, referring to
the development of the Bantu
areas and such, it might be easier
to talk about selfstandige ontwik-
keeling, meaning independent de-
velopment."
The NeverduitS Hervorme Kerk
Van Afrika, one of the big three
Dutch Reformed Church groups in
South Africa, has decided to with
draw from the World Council of
Churches, because of council con-
demnation of South Africa's apar-
theid policy.
PEACE TALKS between the
French government and the Alger-
ian forces will begin April 7, at
Evian-les-Bains on the French side
Of Lake Geneva.
A GROUP Of army soldiers and
noncommissioned officers marched
to Emperor Halle Selassie's Jub-
lice Palace to present demands for
higher wages. Ethiopia's service
men now receive the equivalent Of
$11 a month.
IN AWAYO, Southern
Rhodesia, 10000 Africans were
routed" by police tear gas for at
tending a meeting Of the National
Democratic Party. In South Az
RIGA, the Verwoerd Administration
imposed strict censorship and for
babe demonstrations to commem-
crate the staying Of 76 Africans
at Sharpeville in March, 1860.
PRIME MINISTER Sir Abu-
akar Tafawa Balewa of Nigeria
has invited leaders Of independent
African states to an African sum-
NIT conference, at Lagos, probably
early in May. South Africa's apar-
theid policy, the Congo, and econ
omic matters, including traffic
barriers and educational exchanges
may be discussed. A contract for
a SO million external broadcasting
and national television service has
been signed between Nigeria and
the Radio Corporation of America
FIRE DESTROYED a ware
house and several hundred tons OF
rubber Of the Firestone Rubber
company in Liberia. The $2o-mil.
lion-dollar port, built with US
funds, was threatened. It will soon
be turned over to Liberia and its
earnings will be used for education
instead Of repayment Of the us
government loan.
ANTOINE GIZENGA, leader Of
the regime at stanleyville in Orien.
tai Province, says that 20 nations
have recognized his government as
representing the Congo, but none
have sent ambassadors. In earlier
action, the consuls Of Britain
France, West Germany, The Meth
erlands and Denmark were ordered
to fly out of Stanleyville because
their governments do not recognize
the Gizenga regime.
THE ACCRA Mental Hospital,
the only mental institution in
Ghana, now serves 1871 inmates
in a structure originally built to
house 600 patients. Plans are I'M
derway, however, to build seven
300-bed mental hospitals-one for