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The largest ever survey of western lowland gorillas shows most are living in unprotected areas.

Runner Salah Ameidan takes part in the Sahara Marathon every year - it's the closest he can get to his family, who live in territory governed by Morocco.

Horticulturalist Rodney Saunders and his wife disappeared in February, in a suspected IS kidnapping.

The graves are believed to date from the 1994 genocide, which left about 800,000 people dead.

Ghanaian journalist Elizabeth Ohene supports the name eSwatini, but suggests "land of many wives".