Nigerians ‘fear’ Trump win – report

Many Nigerians have reportedly said that they would prefer Democrats leader Hillary Clinton over her main rival Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump in becoming the next US president.
According to BBC, many Nigerians were concerned about the New York City born billionaire’s immigration policies.
Furthermore, some of the Nigerians were also fearful of the impact this would have on their own livelihoods as they were also dependent on financial support from their relatives abroad.
In his campaign trail the property mogul indicated that he would look into a possible ban on immigration.
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Gunmen kill five Niger soldiers as Mali insurgency spreads

Heavily armed gunmen riding motor bikes and other vehicles raided a village and killed five soldiers in Niger near the border with Mali early on Tuesday, the interior ministry said, amid signs of a growing Islamist insurgency in the region.
Dozens of attackers entered Banigabou, about 20 km (12 miles) from the frontier before dawn – gunshots rang out for two hours, said residents.

Weakened South Korean president takes another hit

South Korean President Park Geun-Hye on Tuesday agreed to dump her nominee for prime minister and cede control of some state affairs in a major climbdown forced by a corruption scandal battering her administration.
The same scandal saw prosecutors carry out a morning swoop on the offices of South Korea’s largest conglomerate Samsung Electronics, looking for incriminating documents.
In a significant political concession, Park told the speaker of the National Assembly she would accept a prime minister chosen by the opposition-controlled legislature “and let him control the cabinet”.
The premiership is normally a largely symbolic post in South Korea, where power is firmly concentrated on the executive.
It was a double surrender by Park — effectively jettisoning her own choice for prime minister and relinquishing some of her extensive powers to whoever parliament puts forward.
Her climbdown underlined just how weakened she has been by the scandal involving a close personal friend, Choi Soon-Sil, who has been arrested on charges of fraud and abuse of power.
The charges relate to allegations that Choi leveraged her personal relationship with Park to coerce

Hong Kong lawyers to protest against China’s decision

Hundreds of lawyers in Hong Kong are scheduled to hold a silent march after China’s most direct intervention in the Chinese territory’s legal and political system since the 1997 handover.
Tuesday’s protest march comes a day after China’s parliament passed a ruling that effectively bars two elected Hong Kong pro-independence politicians from taking office.
The dispute flared after the young politicians deliberately misread their oaths of office in October, inserting expletives and draping themselves with “Hong Kong is not China” flags.
The National People’s Congress in Beijing ruled on Monday that the two must swear allegiance to Hong Kong as part of China.
It also said that candidates would be disqualified if they changed the wording of their oath of office or if they failed to take it in a sincere and solemn manner.
The situation is seen among many across Hong Kong’s legal and political elites as well as young citizens of Hong Kong as one of the biggest tests the global financial hub has faced since its handover to China, with some fearing its vaunted rule of law is under threat.
Leung Chun-ying, Hong Kong’s chief executive, said he would implement China’s ban on the two