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From Police Force To National Army

Allan Mallinson THE ARAB LEGION, 1923-1957 by James Lunt Constable, £18.99, pp. 178 Gay, swaggering, dusty and nonchalant, incredibly cluttered with garments, these were the......

The Unscrambling Of Africa

Ronald Mutebi AFRICA IN CHAOS I n May 1963, Africa's leaders gathered in Addis Ababa to put their signatures to the charter that established the Organisation of African Unity.......