European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday april 21, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 7 . Black leaders vow to step up Aid to Africa Token Traci a trabant the automobile made in former East Germany sits atop the roof of a wooden trailer in Berlin. The vehicle is being used to advertise the newly opened business car towing. The Washington Post Abidjan Ivory coast a a conference of africans and african americans seeking ways to strengthen ties it Between the world s richest county and poorest continent ended Friday with an emotional vow by visiting members of Congress to seek a Sharp raise in american foreign Aid to Africa next year and take Steps to relieve this impoverished Region s is billion debt. Rep. William 11. Gray Iii d-pa., the House majority whip and member of the appropriations committee told cheering conference participants that he and other members of the congressional Black caucus intend to gain a hike of $200 million in developmental assistance to sub saharan Africa for 1992, above the $800 million appropriated for this year. At the same time he said Congress would continue to support democratic changes in Africa and insist on respect for human rights across the continent. A the winds of Freedom and democracy arc creating tidal Waves of change in Africa a said Gray referring to popular movements for political pluralism sweeping the Region. A we can unite and shape these winds of a a a a a a a a a a a. A a a a a a v a a. Gray added a we Are keenly interested in human rights and democratic institutions. Human rights must be in the forefront of our relationship and this principle must apply to All of Gray a speech came at the end of a Day on which the 500 or so african and Black american leaders pledged to meet annually and continue their dialogue which Coretta Scott King on Friday described As Quot a dream come her words breaking with emotion the widow of or. Martin Luther King or. Recalled her husband s desire to reach a the promised land Quot of racial and social Justice. A if we can forge Unity and Solidarity eyes have not see what we can accomplish. Martin s presence is surely with us Friday Quot she Summit has within it the possibilities of getting us to the promised a. A. A a a a a moments earlier the Rev. 11. Sullivan the american civil rights Leader who Laboured for years to organize this Summit was overcome with tears when a top ugandan official informed the gathering that his government has pledged to name an Island in Lake Victoria after Sullivan in Honor of the americans lifelong struggle for equal rights and african american understanding. A we Are africans and we Are americans. We All have futures in both lands a said Sullivan. A we pledge it Here Friday to make the connection Between Africa and America so Strong that no Man will Ever tear it apart then his arms raised High Sullivan led the congregation in a spontaneous rendition of the a Battle hymn of the Republic a As the africans Many in native dress a Rose to their feet and tried their Best to join in. At time mixing elements of a political rally religious revival and Bankers parlay the three Day Summit provided a number of remarkable memories perhaps none More so than the setting the hotel Rivoire. A Swank 750-bed facility the hotel is among the most expensive on the poorest continent in the world a collection of Glass and Granite edifices featuring a dozen Tennis courts a Casino stylish French boutiques a 10-Lane Bowling Alley and an indoor ice skating for Western hostages proves futile Beirut Lebanon up a lebanese army troops have found no traces of Western hostages during a recent sweep of Beirut a teeming Southern suburbs senior Security officials said Friday. A the lebanese regulars searched All suspicious hideouts where captives could be held a a ranking Security official told United press International. A but no clues were the officials indicated the 12 foreign captives were recently transferred by the kidnappers outside the Beirut Region. A at the present time there Are no hostages hidden in the suburbs of Beirut or in any other Region in the capital a said one ranking official who requested anonymity. The lebanese army troops searched a houses underground tunnels and some houses but found no hostages a the official said. Lebanese Media reports have recently reported that some or All of the captives May have been transferred to places in Eastern or Southern Lebanon. The and Dinar daily newspaper said British hostage Terry Waite was taken to the Southern port City of Sidon 24 Miles South of Beirut a a City controlled by a variety of militia groups. A. The reported search for the hostages by the lebanese army prompted observers to believe that the lebanese regulars were on an informal Mission to try to locate the foreign captives As part of an ongoing government plan to re establish order and dissolve militia Powers. Syria Amain regional Backer for the gov eminent of Elias i iraqi has repeatedly 42,000 could die from cholera s. American health group says Lima Peru apr the cholera epidemic in South America threatens to strike 6 million people and kill 42,000 if it continues unabated the head of the pan american health organization says. Colombia officials on Friday reported its first two deaths from the disease that has also surfaced in Peru Equa Dor Brazil and Chile Carlyle Guerra the pan american health organization chief who is meeting government ministers to discuss controlling the epidemic told reporters Friday that it would be nearly impossible to contain. He said his organization plans to propose establishing a $12 billion latin american emergency health fund and seek contributions. It is a almost inevitable that we will have an epidemic of a monstrous nature in latin America especially due to declining health and education standards he said. A if cholera continues to spread it would not be an exaggeration to say there could be 6 million cases in latin America a Guerra said. Guerra was to travel saturday to Sucre Bolivia for a three Day meeting of health ministers from Peru Bolivia Chile Colombia Ecuador and Venezuela. Colombian health minister Camilla Gonzales in Lima before going to Sucre Quot told reporters cholera was Likely to spread in Colombia. A cholera and poverty Are a dangerous combination Gonzales said. Guerra ruled out any threat of a cholera epidemic in the United states despite cases reported in recent years and two suspected cases in Miami last week. He said . Education and health services were sufficiently developed to prevent the disease from getting out of control there. Official statistics say 1,140 cholera victims have already died in Peru where the outbreak started along the Pacific coast in late january. An estimated 158,000 people a 3 percent of Peru a 22 million people a have contracted the disease peruvian official1 have said. Meanwhile Peru a health ministry predicted a Sharp increase in cases during the coming dry season in May and june when streams hold less water for Hygiene. In Ecuador the epidemic has killed at least 59 people. It has also spread to brazils Amazon Region where officials say it May infect up to 3 million people. Chilean Quot officials on Friday said the number of cases there had doubled to six All in the Santiago area. Chile also took the step Friday of Banning the transport of 13. Vegetables believed to spread the disease. The vegetables Are watered with untreated River water and can cause cholera if they Are eaten uncooked. Cholera is a bacterial disease that spreads through focal contaminated food and water. It kills people through severe dehydration and is found in areas with poor sanitation. Most of its victims have been poor people who live in thatch and mud it Rick Homes without running water or sewage systems. Peruvians let Down their guard during holy week and returned to Normal unhygienic eating and drinking habits officials said. The health ministry said the death toll jumped 30 percent that week. Or demonstrated keenest that it would spare no efforts to try to end the captives plight. Independent analysts suggested the captors May have played a cat and mouse with the authorities by transferring the captives discreetly from one place to another to deceive informal efforts to free them. ,. A but politically the key to resolve the hostages plight remains in Tehran a said a lebanese official. A a Many things can be done on the ground but this Issue has to be resolved at the political level advocates heckle Pope Rome apr a Small group of protesters apparently opposed to Pope John Paul is stand against artificial birth control shouted and whistled at him Friday As he spoke to students outside a Rome University ,. State television said the hecklers at la Sapienza University weren to students and were apparently led by a group of feminists. Some of the 2,000-3,000 students in the crowd intervened and persuaded the hecklers to Stop the broadcast said. The Pope went on speaking without pausing. The shouts be made out but a few of the protesters held a Banner which read a love one another but with earlier the Pope spoke inside the University at a forum on european culture. Noting the expanding horizons of science , he said universities have the responsibility to a stimulate reflection about the ethical aspect of theoretical and applied research in the awareness that the new technologies can create ethical and Legal conflicts of enormous relevance in everyday
