■ Sierra Leone's republican year- This month Sierra Leone has celebrated both the first anniversary of the Republic and the eleventh anniversary of independence ■ Nigeria all settled at Kainji: Completion of the resettlement scheme made necessary by the creation of the Kainji Lake ■ City of the Dualas:2: Duala chiefs, descendants of the families powerful in the 19th century are still important ■ After the elections: As already reported the ruling people's Progressive Party won 28 of the 32 elected seats in the Gambia general ■ I want my name to exist- Construction of permanent buildings for the institute of professional studies, the only private business college in Ghana ■ Books and publications: Adam and Eve in Africa- Angels and ministries of Grace by M. J. Field ■ Commercial news: World currency wanted by Nigeria- Nigeria's Commissioner of Trade, Mr. Wemke Briggs who is leading his country's delegation to UNCTAD III in Chile ■ Dateline Africa: Ghana-Guinea rapprochement? Ghana and Guinea have established contact with a view to normalising their relations suspended in 1966