Month: June 2012
Africa’s answer to the New Yorker
Bringing together an army of creative writers, photographers and illustrators from all around Africa and beyond, Cameroonian journalist…
Preventing aviation disasters
CNN's Becky Anderson talks to an aviation expert about the plane crash in Lagos, Nigeria and other crashes…
Conviction of Liberia’s ex-strongman Charles Taylor is move against rape
Conviction of Liberia's ex-strongman Charles Taylor is move against rape…. By Francesca Bessey Special to USAfricaonline.com, the USAfrica-powered e-groups of Nigeria360, IgboEvents, UNNalumni,…
Egypt’s puzzling predicament — a presidential trilemma. By Adel Iskandar
Today, Egypt is facing an even more puzzling predicament — a presidential trilemma. With the preliminary and unofficial…
“Sad, sad loss” of two Houston-area sisters Josephine and Jennifer Onita who died in Lagos plane crash
A member of the sanctuary told USAfrica, "they were wonderful sisters. It's such a sad, sad loss…."
NNPC’s Public Affairs chief among dead in Lagos plane crash
NNPC's Public Affairs chief among dead in Lagos plane crash USAfrica Breaking News Special to USAfricaonline.com, the USAfrica-powered e-groups of Nigeria360, IgboEvents, UNNalumni,…
South Sudan president seeks return of $4 billion
South Sudan's president has written to more than 75 government officials and eight foreign governments in an attempt…
Cairo braces for Mubarak protests
Cairo braced for a third day of protests despite stifling heat Monday, as Egyptians vent anger over the…
Church blasts kill 15 in Nigeria
A church bombing in northern Nigeria wounded 35 people, including five children, Sunday morning, an emergency official said.
Mubarak’s long fall from grace
A 30-year ironclad rule undone by an 18-day revolution saw its epilogue Saturday -- with former Egyptian President…
Mayor: 10 killed after plane slams into bus in Ghana
Ten people were killed Saturday after a cargo plane missed the runway of an airport in Accra, Ghana,…