The Nigerian senate passes a bill seeking to outlaw the payment of ransoms for kidnap victims. We ask one of the Senators supporting the bill why he thinks it's the right thing to do. Also in the pod: Kenya reaches an agreement to release more fuel reserves to end the current shortages; How a ban on palm oil exports from the world's largest producer, Indonesia, will impact the Ugandan economy heavily reliant on its import; We speak to a Ghanaian conservationist saving the lives of the slender-snouted crocodile, and in South Sudan, the two main parties blame each other for fresh violence erupting in the country.