Eswatini accepts 10 US deportees

Eswatini accepts 10 US deportees

Author: BBC World Service October 8, 2025 Duration: 28:07

Eswatini accepts 10 more US deportees, despite rights groups in the southern African state mounting legal action to block the plan. We ask what has the Eswatini government got in return?

Nigeria's Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaj, resigns after allegations that he forged his academic credentials.

And nurses and midwives protest in Ghana for not being paid their salaries for nearly ten months

Presenter: Nyasha Michelle Producers: Mark Wilberforce, Patricia Whitehorne, Alfonso Daniels and Bella Hassan Senior producer: Sunita Nahar Technical Producer: Nick Randell Editors: Alice Muthengi and Andre Lombard


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