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FolkWander/By Arnold ZeitlinLAGOS(AP)The Annangsforgotten people of Nigeria’s civil war, left toor village chiefs demand their Ibo neighbors and “tribal hundreds of these unfortunatepeople,” the report said.money to bury them.tensions are growing.”are aOne of nearly 250 linguistic “Many die while they make groups that make Nigeria the their way to safer areas,” the‘‘They are beyond tne point ui recovery. For thousands oftime is a vital factorroadsides^here^uraards'wait most P°pulous African nation- reP°r* said- “A drive alon« M can be got there todaythe Annangs are a minor tribe any of the roads between Ikotin the Eastern territory, Ekpene and Uyo or Abak willdominated by the Ibos, that show many corpses by thebroke away from federal rule last year as the republic of Biafra.Most come from around theratner tnan tomorrow, a ^ ,hundred more lives may be free flow of mass« aid tatomade. A multi-million-dollarrelief program assisted by scores of countries is in the process of being created.Inability of the warring sides to agree on a mercycorridor that would permitroadside. Often vultures are taking care of the burial.” Relief sources said village chiefs along the refugee routesspared.”The similarsuntjunded secessionist territory is holding up much ofthe relief supplies.“We need no corridor inwere charging the equivalent gpect'jon of thetown of Ikot Ekpene, a center 0f $14 to bury strangers whodie along the way.This distressed area of war-torn Biafra centers about 40 miles west of Calabar, a port in the extreme southeast of the country and 400 miles by ship east of Lagos, the federal capital, which is the entry point far most supplies.“It is now too late to saveof fierce fighting last month. They make up most of more than 280,000' refugees estimated to be o nthe move in an area retaken by federal troops from secessionist Biafrans.A confidential eyewitness report to relief agencies said they are unwelcome amongTimothy Udondek, secretary of ...the Nigerian Red Cross, who Nigerian territopr, said a- missionary doctor, echoingcomplaints that the Nigeriangovernment is not doingenough in areas under itsreturnedThis is distinct from thediminishing Biafra-held territory. According to a physi- control.cian of the World Council of Food so far made availableChurches, Dr. H. J. Mid- js nothing like sufficient todlekoop, 6,000 people, mostlychildren, are dying daily in Biafra.It is 10 weeks since the first ureent aDDeals for help weremeet the needs of the starving, relief workers said,though the Nigerian army has Koon hpinin? to Drovide trans-
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, US
Wed, Aug 07, 1968
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