Ahmed Ben Bella

om the yoke of colonialism, foreign occupation and apartheid. Among them, I pay special tribute to Kwame Nkrumah, the first President of Ghana; Ahmed Ben Bella, the first Prime Minister of Algeria; Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt; Julius Kambarage Nyerere of Tanzania; Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia; General Murtala Mo

up the liquidation of the sad heritage of colonialism. 58. To be independent —and this has been stated here more than once; some weeks ago President Ben Bella also reminded us of it— it is not enough to wave a national flag and to play a national anthem.

to address our most fraternal greetings to the Prime Minister of the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, our fellow-fighter and friend, Ahmed Ben Bella, whose political qualities, physical and moral courage and unwavering devotion to his country's cause provide an assurance that the Algerian revoluti

nment of the Upper Volta welcomes the declaration, from this rostrum, by the Head of an African State having ties with the Arab worlds Prime Minister Ben Bella, Head of the Government of the newly independent Republic of Algeria — that his country has learnt from the experience of a long, seven-year war, tha

equently that the French genius might take the first opportunity to rectify this mistake and to make up for the seizure of the aeroplane by releasing Ben Bella and his companions.