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Death follows Africans who fled to Europe
In a sequence of unsolved cases across Europe exiled African politicians died or disappeared. Felix Moumie of Cameroun fell ill then died from thallium poisoning after dining in Geneva in 1960, with suspicions toward a French right wing group and a missing chemist linked to the incident. Tunisian exiled leader Ben Youssef was shot dead in Frankfurt in 1961 as visitors vanished. In Paris 1965 Mehdi Ben Barka, Moroccan opposition figure, vanished after a police badge led him away, triggering a major scandal tied to Moroccan Interior Minister Oufkir.
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Michael Dennigan
Paris
UPI
Geneva
Frankfurt
Africa
Mehdi Ben Barka
Europe
Felix Moumie
Cameroun
West Africa
Nigeria
Guinea
Egypt
Sudan
Peking
Leopoldville
Moumie
Red Hand
Bonn
Brussels
Liliane Ferrero
Miss Ferrero
William Bechtel
Secret Service
Bechtel
Switzerland
Ben Youssef
Neo-Destour Party
Habib Bourguiba
Germany
Bizerte
Berlin Wall
Saint-Germain - Des- Pres
Brasserie Lipp
Ben Barka
Charles de Gaulle
Mohammed Oufkir
Oufkir