West Africa Magazine 2698, Saturday February 15th, 1969

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1969-02-15
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Apapa, Lagos state: Times Press Ltd.
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■ The Word and the War: Accusations and counter-accusations between Federal MPs who have visited Nigeria and Biafra insults shouted at Mr. Harold Wilson by pro-Biafran demonstrators during his visit to West Germany ■ Portrait: Pioneer surgeon: Intending doctors who think that the profession of medicine is all glamour should take a look at the career of Mr. Olu Williams a pioneer of surgery in Sierra Leone ■ Commercial news: World bank, farms and Africa: Mr Robert Macnamara world bank president has been on his first tour of Africa south of the Sahara ■ Dateline Africa: Ghana: Conakry boys at Otu commission: Twelve east German jet fighters were sent to Guinea in the latter part of 1967 for an invasion of Ghana by Dr. Nkrumah ■ Dateline Africa: Sierra Leone: The soldiers legacy: There was little or no growth in the economy during the year says the annual report of the bank of Sierra Leone for 1967 ■ Dateline Africa: Nigeria: Ojukwu's view of the war: To a joint meeting of the Biafran council of chiefs and elders and the Consultative assembly in Umuahia on Monday

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Issue 2698 of West Africa Magazine(February 15, 1969) navigates Nigeria's war words, Sierra Leone's medical pioneer, and global Africa interests. Published in London/distributed in Apapa, it covers Wilson's Biafra flims, Olu Williams' surgery feats, and World Bank's Africa tour. Key stories: “The Word and the War” notes Nigeria-Biafra media wars; “Portrait” spotlights Sierra Leone’s Dr. Olu Williams; World Bank’s McNamara tours farms (Commercial news). Elsewhere: Ghana/Guinea/Nkrumah plot (Dateline Africa), Sierra Leone’s economy stagnates, Ojukwu speaks (Dateline Africa). A charged mix – war, medicine, and diplomacy.
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