West Africa Magazine 3276, 5th May, 1980
| dc.contributor.author | West Africa magazine | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-12-16T08:13:20Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-12-16T08:13:20Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1980-05-05 | |
| dc.description | Issue 3276 of West Africa Magazine(May 5, 1980) discusses Africa's economic plans, Chad's turmoil, and Ghana's timber politics. Published in London/distributed in Apapa, it covers OAU's Lagos summit, French troop withdrawal from Chad, and Liberia's constitution suspension. Key stories: “The Plan of Action” notes OAU's Lagos ideas; “OAU's Economic Summit” targets African common market by 2000; Alex Rondos asks “What hope for Chad?” amid French exit. Elsewhere: Ghana timber politics (Log-rolling), books on overseas history, Third World airport demands, Africa's road/rail potential, cocoa market report, and Liberia's martial law (Dateline Africa). A mix – summits, conflicts, and development. | |
| dc.description.abstract | ■ The Plan of Action: The ideas that were expressed with great eloquence by the African leaders who gathered in Lagos last week were not new. ■ The OAU’s Economic Summit: The first economic summit of the OAU resolved last week to take steps towards the establishment of an African common market by the year 2000 ■ What hope for Chad? Alex Rondos suggests that the time has come for wider international action. The announcement of the withdrawal of French troops from Chad last week ■ Log-rolling in Ghana: The second of two articles on the political aspects on Ghana's timber industry ■ Books and publications: By any other name? Reappraisals in Overseas History edited by H. L. Wesseleing and P. C. Enuner(Leiden University Press) ■ Demand for airports: Aeroplanes need airports. In a recent article in the Financial Times, Michael Donne considered what this could mean in demands on the construction and supply industries by the Third World ■ The importance of roads: Ad'Obe Obe looks at the significance of some of the bold plans to lay new roads across the face of Africa and the obstacles they must circumvent. ■ On the right lines: Ad Obe Obe looks at the potential for railways in African development ■ Economic and business news: Thoughtful cocoa comment The latest cocoa market report from Gill & Duffus carriesan unusually long commentary on the world cocoa scene ■ Dateline Africa: Liberia: Constitution suspended: The Constitution has been suspended, martial law has been imposed, and all legislative and executive powers have been vested in the People's Redemption Council | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://nigeriareposit.nln.gov.ng/handle/20.500.14186/2396 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Apapa, Lagos state: Times Press Ltd . | |
| dc.title | West Africa Magazine 3276, 5th May, 1980 | |
| dc.type | Article |