■ Cordial suspicion: Good relation based on mutual suspicion this was jow one senior Nigerian official recently described relations between hus country ■ King Koffi's death mask ■ Nigeria's oil palms in decay- Oil rivers in reverse- In 1960 Nigeria was Africa's biggest exporter of palm oil, while the Ivory Coast was not an exporter at all. ■ Kerekou's Dahomey: The unstable past- Dxahomey in its twelve and a half years of independence ■ Commercial news: Lonrho returns to Zaire- Zaire has relinquished control of 18 companies ■ Books and publications: Nigeria's radical era- The second world war and politics in Nigeria 1939-1953 ■ Dateline Africa: Mauritania- Agreements annulled- President Moktar Quld Daddah has said in an interview with Le Monde