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Africa Quakes as Amin Expels Asians and Oils African Growth
Uganda’s Idi Amin expels 40 000 Asians and shifts business to Ugandan control, chilling foreign aid and threatening a 6 percent five year plan growth. Nigeria’s oil boom sparks a rebound while inflation bites South Africa and Rhodesia endures sanctions. Prices and debt strain others across East and West Africa in 1972. Africa’s biggest hydro project looms in Mozambique as Nigeria’s oil fuels the continent’s headline year.
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Uganda
Idi Amin
South Africa
Rhodesia
Zaire
Zambia
Guinea
Ethiopia
Saudi Arabia
Libya
Amin
Africa
Tanzania
Kenya
Somalia
Burundi
Angola
Mozambique
Portuguese Guinea
Cabora Bassa
Nigeria
West Africa
Ghana
Kwame Nkrumah
Sekou Toure
Ivory Coast
Gabon
North Africa
Algeria
U.S
el Paso Natural Gas Co
Federal Power Commission
United States
Chesapeake Bay