■ Ghana brings pelly traders to book: Since Ghana is now 19 years old thousands of Ghanaians of voting age were born after their country became in dependent. So it is natural, although this would not happen in all countnes similarly placed, that Ghanaians now place the blame for their economic troubles squarely on post independence mismanagement and the practices of their own people. ■ A future for Senegambua?Augustine Oyowe, a Nigerian journalist based in London and Paris reviews the present state of the oft-mooted unification Senegal and the Gambia ■ The Administrate service in Africa: 1: In rural areas throughout Commonwealth West Africa governments are represented by administrative officials even when there political or military representative at regional or provincial level, the administrative officers, whether called residents, provincial or divisional secretaries ■ Books and publications: The Dakar debacle: Operation menace by Arthur Marder ■ Angola: Swords into Ploughshares: As the war ends in Angola, the MPLA turns from the arts of war to the practices of peace. Here, Michael Wolfers writing from Luanda describes the MPLA's programme for education and gives the background to the Ruacana falls dam complex in the south. ■ Economic and business news: Another recovery forecast: A report from GATT, the General agreement on tariff & trade says that world trade should increase this year after the biggest drop since world war two in 1975 ■ Dateline Africa: Ghana: New decree hits traders