Eugene Nforngwa

In a coun­try where hunt­ing wildlife for food is a cen­turies-old prac­tice, the as­so­ci­a­tion with Ebo­la chal­lenges habits.

Elu­sive great apes threat­ened by farm­ing and for­est clear­ing are mov­ing clos­er to hu­mans – and their food.

New trade in lu­cra­tive ape skulls and bones stokes fears of an­ni­hi­la­tion of wild go­ril­la and chim­panzee pop­u­la­tions.

De­spite strong pres­ence of troops, Niger­ian fight­ers con­tin­ue to strike tar­gets in north­ern Cameroon.

Wide­ly used dis­pos­able plas­tic bags have be­come black-mar­ket gold af­ter the gov­ern­ment banned it ear­li­er this year.

In­ad­e­quate fund­ing hold­ing back bad­ly need­ed emer­gency as­sis­tance for refugees as malar­ia, dysen­tery claim lives.