There is only one known species of primate that still has a functioning third eyelid, and that is the Calabar angwantibo (closely related to lorises) which lives in West Africa.
There have been at least 27 Ebola outbreaks reported since the virus was discovered in 1976, according to the CDC. This includes the 2014 West Africa outbreak where more than 11,000 people died.
With our nation dealing with crises in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and West Africa, the year's looming uncertainties likely will be on many minds today.
Fake trainers on the streets of Paris, fake cigarettes in West Africa, and pirate music CDs in the USA have all gone on to fund trips to training camps, bought weapons and ammunition, or the ingredients for explosives.
The renewed partnership underscores the deep and longstanding cooperation between the United States government, through USAID, West Africa, and ECOWAS.
The supply for birth control fell by almost 50 percent in West Africa compared to the same period last year, said the International Planned Parenthood Federation, or IPPF.
" The Raft of the Medusa" was painted only two years after the French frigate, the Medusa, and three other ships, sailed for the French colony Senegal in West Africa.
There are some people who do, especially businessmen, a lot of Yorubas and Igbos are very business oriented, but traditionally men, they will travel to different parts of Nigeria and some other countries in West Africa to do trade.