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Alice Augusta Ball was an African-American chemist who developed the first successful treatment for leprosy which saved thousands of lives for many years after her death. Ball was the first woman and first African-American to receive an M.S. degree in Chemistry from the University of Hawaii. She was also the university's first female chemistry professor. Tragically, Ball died on the last day of 1916. She was only 24. #HistorywithBob.

Xenophobic: Zambian Students attack South Africa Embassy, burn down its signpost Some Zambian students moved on from pillaging businesses owned by South Africans in the country to attacking the South African embassy in Lusaka, Zambia's capital. Though addressed by the Zambian general Police inspector Kakoma Kanganja and his police team, the angry students defied the huge police presence at the embassy to attack the diplomatic facility whose signpost they burnt down. This is coming after the Zambian national team cancelled its friendly match with Bafana Bafana of South Africa, citing security concern.

Between 1885 and 1961, Belgium killed over 10 million Congolese in DR Congo including its first Prime Minister Patrice Émery Lumumba (pictured).In his only book "Congo My Country", a man who dedicated himself to Africa and, since his death, has become a myth, made a declaration of faith. Lumumba wrote the book in 1956-7, although it was only published in Belgium after his death, in 1961. this lapse of time is important, for here we have not the frenzied figure who bestrode the world politics briefly in 1960, but a 'moderate' nationalist (an attitude scorned by militant pan-Africanists)--liberal-minded, fair and reasonable. His ideas are seen developing and changing; and we can study for the first time the attitude of the Congolese élite on the eve of Independence. What of attitude of this élite to the Belgian colonial rulers? 'The main aim of my book', wrote Lumumba, 'is to bring home to the Belgians and Congolese the imperative and urgent need to achie...

Day Three: Meet another young lawmaker in Ondo,  Hon. Tomide Leonard Akinribido, the Deputy Minority of the Ondo State House of Assembly representing Ondo West Constituency I, born in Ado-ekiti on October 8,1987. A digital media enthusiast and politician with vast experience in youth-related political activities #KnowYourLawmakers