Eswatini deploys army to quell high school protests

Soldiers and police have been deployed across schools in Eswatini where students have been protesting for weeks demanding political reforms, pro-democracy groups said Monday.
#eswatini #protest #politicalreforms

Newcastle United Plotting A Transfer Raid Of Four Manchester United Players

Newcastle United are looking to raid Manchester United's squad during the January transfer window, Newspremises reports. The Magpies are expected to spend significant amount of cash after they were bought by a Saudi Arabian-backed consortium for £305million.
#newscastleunited #saudiarabia #epl

Heavy Police Presence At Lekki Tollgate

There is a heavy presence of armed police officers at the Lekki tollgate Lagos, Nigeria today October 11. Police trucks are parked on one side of the ever-busy road. Recall that earlier today, the state police command had warned residents of the state against staging an #endsars anniversary protest.
#lekkitollgate #lekkimassacre #endsarsprotest #nigeria

Germany Defeat North Macedonia 4-0 Become First Nation To Qualify For World Cup

Following their 4-0 defeat over North Macedonia on Monday night, Germany are the very first European country to quality for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar
#germany #qatar #macedonia

Bandits Kidnap Catholic Seminary Students In Kaduna

Gunmen have attacked St. Albert the Great Institute of Philosophy, a Catholic-run major seminary situated in Fayit community in Kagoma Chiefdom in the Jama’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
#gunmen #bandits #catholicseminary #kaduna

Nigerian Officials Diverted $100,000 Meant For Women Basketball Team

Nigerian Officials Diverted $100,000 Meant For Women Basketball Team, D'Tigress, Owe Each Player $4,900 Allowances.
#nigeria #dtigress #nigerianofficials

Extremists target African village leaders with assassinations

Scrawled onto a cement gravestone in the village of Tchombangou is the date when the calm of the remote community in southwest Niger was shattered: Friday, 22 November, 2019.
#africanvillages #africanleaders #niger

Gunmen raid Nigeria market, kill at least 20 people

At least 20 people have been killed in Nigeria’s Sokoto state when gunmen attacked a market and torched cars, according to a state official and local member of parliament.
#gunmen #sokoto #nigeria

Thomas Sankara, pan-African icon who wanted to 'decolonise minds'

After being dubbed Africa's Che Guevara, Thomas Sankara wanted to "decolonise minds" in Burkina Faso and across the continent if Africa. However, his revolutionary dreams were cut short when fellow soldiers gunned him down in a 1987 coup after just four years in power. 
#thomassankara #cheguevara #burkinafaso

Colombian nun kidnapped by Mali jihadists in 2017 freed

A Franciscan nun from Colombia kidnapped by jihadists in Mali more than four years ago has been freed, Mali's presidency said.
#colombia #colombiannun #mali