MERMAID WASHED ASHORE IN A BEACH IN BENIN

 Wonders they say shall never cease. This mermaid was seen ashore in a beach in Benin much to the dismay of many visitors and tourists who were grieved by fear. Reports as to how it got ashore remains unknown. Now you know, mermaid is not a hoax. see more pix below

EBOLA SURVIVOR REJECTED BY FAMILY AND FRIENDS

In this photo taken Monday, Aug. 11, 2014, Sulaiman Kemokai a Ebola virus survivor near his house in the Heigbema Village in Kenema situated in the Eastern Province around 300km, (186 miles), from the capital city of Freetown in Kenema, Sierra Leone. In Sierra Leone, Sulaiman Kemokai, 20, was released from an Ebola treatment center on Sunday after spending 25 days in a ward there. He still feels stiffness in his joints but says he is gaining strength each day. (AP Photo/ Michael Duff)

In Sierra Leone, Sulaiman Kemokai, 20, was released from an Ebola treatment center on Sunday after spending 25 days there. He still feels stiffness in his joints but says he is gaining strength each day.

"When I became sick, I was scared to go to hospital, I hid from my family, from health workers. After four days I couldn't hide anymore, I was too sick. An Ebola ambulance collected me and took me to the hospital," he recalls.

But some within his community are reluctant to have any physical contact with Kemokai. Those released from treatment centers are no longer contagious, though Ebola can still be present in men's semen for up to seven weeks.

MILITARY WIVES PROTEST DEPLOYMENT OF THEIR HUSBANDS AGAINST BOKO HARAM

Maiduguri (Nigeria) (AFP) - Military wives in the restive Nigerian city of Maiduguri have taken to the streets this week, burning tyres to prevent their husbands being sent to fight Boko Haram.

About 300 women and 500 children have for two days gathered at the gates of a military base in the Borno state capital, claiming that their spouses were ill-equipped to take on the Islamist militants.

Boko Haram has been waging a brutal insurgency since 2009 which has left thousands of people dead, despite a state of emergency imposed in three northeast states since May 2013 and a troop surge.

The soldiers stationed in Maiduguri were due to retake the town of Gwoza, which Boko Haram overran last week after killing dozens and sending hundreds more fleeing.

"No weapons for our husbands, no trip to Gwoza or any volatile place. We are tired of burying our loved ones," Thabita John, one of the protesting wives, said on Monday.

She added that the soldiers were "ill-equipped to fight the dreaded Boko Haram". source: Yahoo

PRESIDENT JONATHAN ENDORSES HAND STERILIZER TO PREVENT EBOLA SPREAD

 PHOTO: President Jonathan using the hand sterilizer in the presidential villa Abuja

President Goodluck Ebere Jonathan today endorsed the new hand sterilizer machine in the presidential villa Abuja during a meeting with the state governors on how to prevent the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus. It however remains uncertain on how the federal government wishes to get the machine down to the reach of the common man