■ Freetown and Lagos: When Presidents Nyercre and Kaunda recognised Biafra as a sovereign state in 1968, they were under the impression that in this way they could emphasise to the Nigerian Federal Government their concern not only over the bloodshed and the civil war ■ The End of Kaduna: At the end of the current financial year, the Interim Common Services 1 Agency of the six new Northern States in Nigeria is to be wound up. Even the Produce Marketing Board ■ The Bank is fine—but what about the customers ?Paper sold and a life expectancy of 25 years for the Gabonese male do not appear to be closely related, but they are: attempts to regulate the world’s economy have a direct bearing on the effects of developing countries to raise their standards of living. ■ Books and publications: Negro art by Dmitry Olderogge and Werner Forman; African rock art by Burchard Brentjes ■ Commercial news: Food output remains depressed: Agricultural production in Ghana, Niger and Senegal as well as Rhodesia declined by about 10 per cent in 1968 ■ Commercial news: Franc zone talks: Ministers of the 15 countries of the franc zone met in Paris last week prior to the meetings in Wash ngton of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. ■ Dateline Africa: Ghana: After the NLC's hand-over: Ghana's new constitution seeks to place the exercise of power under restraint Dr. Kofi Busia told crowds assembled in the Black Star Square on October I.