West Africa magazine2025-12-162025-12-161980-05-12https://nigeriareposit.nln.gov.ng/handle/20.500.14186/2398Issue 3277 of West Africa Magazine(May 12, 1980) explores Africa's connectivity woes, Nigeria's budget, and wartime recollections. Published in London/distributed in Apapa, it covers a Senegalese businessman's telecom struggles, Nigeria's nine-month budget, and an Israeli diplomat's Sierra Leone memories. Key stories: “Road from Calabar to Yaounde” highlights Africa's communication gaps; Dr. Lawrence A. Rupley analyzes Nigeria's budget; Shabtai Rosenne recalls wartime Sierra Leone. Elsewhere: Ghana's Limann rejects calls to resign (Dateline Africa), cocoa prices hit 4-year low (Economic news), and _Introduction to Nigerian Law_ gets reviewed (Books). A mix – connectivity, budgets, and memories.■ Road from Calabar to Yaounde: Why is it that a Senegalese businessman in Dakar finds it impossible to telephone his counterpart in Nairobi? ■ Nigeria’s nine-month budget: by Dr. Lawrence A. Rupley, Senior Lecturer in Economics at the University of Nairobi ■ Wartime memories of an aircraftsman at Fourah Bay: Shabtai Rosenne, now deputy head of the Israeli delegation at the Unit Nations, recalls his time in Sierra Leone during the early 1940s ■ Books and publications: Legal stimulation: Introduction to Nigerian Lawedited by C. O. Okonkwo ■ Economic and business news: Cocoa hits 4-year low: Cocoa has been down to its lowest price for four years. At the middle of last week spot was slightly better at about £1,190 a tonne, with July cocoa just over £1.200, ■ Dateline Africa: Ghana: Limann will not "play politics”: The Government has expressed regret at a call by Dr John Bilson, leader of the Third Force Party, for the President to resign.enArticle