■ The French connection: The new colonial pact is even more severe than the old ones, no less a figure than President Senghor announced shortly before the Franco-African summit in Nice last week ■ Military return to power in Uganda: Uganda has provided the latest of a long series of cases in Africa in which military men claim to know better than elected politicians how a country should be run ■ Franco-African summit notebook by Alex Rondos:Towards a French Commonwealth: A special report from Nice illustrates how African and French leaders tended to avoid the more controversial political issues to concentrate on economics. ■ Nigeria’s hope of nuclear weapons: Enukora Joe Okoli interviews Professor Iya Abubakar Nigerian Minister of defence ■ A glaring example of bad faith: Stanley Macebuh in an article reprinted from the Daily Times of Nigeria, reflects on the wider implications of journalism of the Vera Ifudu case ■ Books and publications: A mystery set forth: The stone images of Esie by Phillips Stevens Jr. ■ Economic and business news: The missing men of oil: The International Labour Organisation recently published a report prepared for discussion by its Petroleum committee ■ Dateline Africa: Ghana: Secret court-martial of eight: West Africa has received unofficial information from Accra that the seven soldiers undergoing court-martial for conspiracy to cause mutiny