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This week on Healthy Living, as a mix of various chemicals is increasingly being used by youth in Sierra Leone, an expert explains the impact of drug use on young people. Cameroon’s separatist conflict has left thousands of people are dead while an estimated 2 million survivors struggle with emotional wounds. Plus, Nigerian parents of autistic children seek support and understanding.

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The West African bloc ECOWAS activates a standby force for possible intervention in Niger and the Africa Union says it will support the regional bloc’s decisions. The deaths of young African migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean into Europe by boat have not deterred others from taking the perilous journey. Why are they leaving the continent? We will have a report. And the organization of African Unity (OAU) was formally established in 1963 by 32 independent African leaders. Mekonnen Ketema , the son of the man said to have played a major role in the creation of the OAU talks to VOA’s Yeheyes Wuhib about his father's achievements