Coastweek Newspaper Vol 2 No 17 (April 27-May 3,1979)

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Inside this Issue: Emergency airlift ordered: An emergency operation to airlift 25,000 tonnes of Burundi cargo piled up at the Dar es Salaam port may start next week. Mombasa welcomes return of dhows: A pungent smell of sun-dried fish permeates Mombasa’s Old Port revealing once again that many foreign dhows are around. Matano for y.w.c.a: The current Y.W.C.A. National Convention and Youth Conference concludes with a gala dinner and dance at the Oceanic Hotel, this weekend. Aga khan aids Islamic studies: His highness the Aga Khan, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University have announced a major program designed to conduct research on the contemporary problems and history of Islamic architecture. Indian ocean navy: Established January 1, 1949 Middle East force is the only permanently assigned U.S. Military force in the Indian Ocean area. The end for Idd Amin Dada: Idi Amin has been chased from his capital and the end of Uganda’s eight-year nightmare seems at hand. Sir Ernest Vasey: He worked as a miner in Lancashire as a black smith’s forge in Staffordshire and he sold newspapers on the streets; sometimes with only three pence (about a Kenyan 50-cent piece) in his pocket, Ernest Vasey had to make the decision: “Should I buy some food or a night’s sleep in a dosshouse?” DER VERGESSENE GARTEN EDEN Die Seychellen: wilde Schoenheit, vermischt mit einer Ansammlung von Kuriositaeten, Konzentriert auf einem Archipel botanischer Extravaganz. KIONGOZI MMOJA AHATARISHA MAENDELEO PWANI Naibu mkuu wa mkoa pwani Bwana Timothy Mwakisha ameonya kwamba wana siasa wenye lengo la kuharibu maendeleo ya pwani wata kabiliwa nahatua na kwamba watadhihirishwa kwa wananchi ili wawatambue kuwa ni hatari kwa maendeleo.