St Mary's Catholic school in central Nigeria where schoolchildren were abducted
Nigerian
authorities say they have secured the release of the remaining 130
schoolchildren kidnapped from a Catholic boarding school in the
country's central Niger state.
Nigeria's federal government described the latest release as a "moment of triumph and relief", after one of the country's worst mass kidnappings.
More
than 250 children and staff were abducted from St Mary's Catholic
school in Papiri on 21 November. Earlier this month about 100 of the
children were released.
The
authorities confirmed "the rescue of the remaining 130 children and
staff" in a statement, saying "not a single pupil is left in captivity"
On the eve of the 2025 AFCON, football’s governing body in Africa created a new four-year cycle and formed a Nations League.
African
football is getting a major shake-up with the creation of the African
Nations League and conversion of the biennial Africa Cup of Nations to a
four-year cycle.
Patrice Motsepe, the president of the
Confederation of African Football, announced the changes Saturday during
his news conference before the 2025 Africa Cup hosted by Morocco.
Motsepe
said that the 2027 Africa Cup, to be hosted by Uganda, Kenya and
Tanzania, will go ahead as planned and that the following edition –
originally scheduled for 2029 – will be moved forward to take place in
2028. The next Africa Cup after that will be in 2032.
This would
allow the first African Nations League to take place in 2029. Motsepe
said it would involve each of the continent’s 54 members, divided into
four geographical zones, with games in September and October before the
finals are held in November.
“What is new is that … in Africa
there’s going to be a competition every year where the best African
players who play in Europe and worldwide will be with us on the
continent,” Motsepe said.
CAF officials did not immediately specify if the African Nations League will be held on a biennial or annual basis.
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