■ Merit or quotas: Accompanying advertisements of vacancies for senior United Nations staff there now appears a classification of member states ■ Roundabout: The Algiers festival: Two approaching events in the cultural field are well deserving of mention ■ Parties return to Ghana: Ghana has now returned to party politics after the publication of decree No. 347 lifting the bin on political parties ■ Books and publications: The continuing Congo story: Congo 1967 Les Dossiers du crisp ■ Books and publications: The conch A Biafran journal of literary and cultural analysis vol. 1 published by Conch magazine Ltd ■ Commercial news: Railways: Keeping on the right tracks: Most tropical African countries have failed to establish a satisfactory administrative structure between the minister responsible for transport ■ Dateline Africa: Ghana: Ankrah case dispute: Nunoo falls: Mr. John E. O. Nunoo Commissioner of police and member of the NLC was dismissed on May 5 ■ Dateline Africa Nigeria: Plans to retake Owerri: Supreme headquarters in Lagos announced last week that secret plans have been drawn up to recapture Owerri lost three weeks ago to the Biafrans