Word: breakaways
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...traditional Swazi society," Swaziland's King Sobhuza II once observed, "a latecomer often gets the best cut of meat." As Britain's last colonial claim on the African continent except for breakaway Rhodesia, Sobhuza's tiny (pop. 390,000), verdant land has waited patiently for its cut of independence. Last week a smiling King Sobhuza, surrounded by some 100 of his wives and dressed in a ceremonial headdress of lourie-bird feathers, a girdle of lion and leopard skins and a cloak made of oxtails, had his patience rewarded. British Commonwealth Secretary George Thompson handed Sobhuza...
...other hand, the Organization of African Unity, which can agree on few things, has gone on record as supporting Nigerian sovereignty over Biafra. Its members, the national leaders of Black Africa, can only view the precedent of tribal breakaway with profound dismay, for each must cope with tribal divisions in his own country. "It was the Congo and Tshombe yesterday, and it is Nigeria and Ojukwu today," warns Gowon. "Who knows what African country will be the next victim...
...peace talks scheduled for Addis Ababa this week, Nigerian federal forces launched a fresh drive against secessionist Biafra. From north and south, the federals were last week pushing toward the center of the breakaway state, determined either to finish off Lieut. Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu's regime or at least improve their bargaining position for the talks...
Despite a relative lull in the fighting, the little breakaway country finds itself in a nearly untenable military situation. Its small army of 25,000 is outmanned four to one by the federals. It has no heavy weapons and suffers from chronic ammunition shortages. One of its best brigades has arms for only 3,000 of the 6,000 men on its roster...
With running backs the situation is just the opposite. If anything, Yovicsin has more good backs than he knows what to do with. All-Ivy Vic Gatto and Ray Hornblower are both powerful breakaway threats and will be backed up by Will Stargel...