Month: May 2014
Is Oscar Pistorius crazy? State wants tests
Oscar Pistorius suffers an anxiety disorder stemming from his double amputation as an infant and his unstable parents,…
Liberia in animated GIFs
French photographer Francois Beaurain knew virtually nothing of Monrovia when he followed his girlfriend, a humanitarian worker, to…
Liberia in animated GIFs
French photographer Francois Beaurain knew virtually nothing of Monrovia when he followed his girlfriend, a humanitarian worker, to…
Girl: ‘How I escaped Boko Haram’
With fear in her eyes, a young woman tells CNN's Nima Elbagir, the first journalist to visit Chibok,…
Are these the kidnapped girls?
Newly-released video from Boko Haram allegedly shows kidnapped Nigerian girls in hijabs.
Father: Nothing has been done
CNN's Isha Sesay talks to one heart-broken father of two of the girls kidnapped by Boko Haram in…
Girls: Target for terrorists
From Syria to Uganda, Pakistan to Nigeria, girls are targets for terrorists. CNN's Christiane Amanpour has the story.
South Sudan rivals sign cease-fire deal
South Sudan's President has reached a cease-fire deal with a rebel leader following five months of violence in…
Chibok girls: Umuada Igbo USA calls on President Jonathan for decisive action
Chibok girls: Umuada Igbo USA calls on President Jonathan for decisive action towards safe return. Special to USAfricaonline.com, CLASSmagazine, and USAfrica multimedia networks,…
Clinton’s handling of Boko Haram questioned
Hindsight is 20/20, they say, but some people may need backwards-looking glasses in debating whether the State Department…
USAfrica: On Nigeria’s Boko Haram, New York Times Nick Kristof misanalysis on CNN Fareed Zakaria’s GPS. By Chido Nwangwu
USAfrica MEDIAWATCH On Nigeria's Boko Haram, New York Times Nick Kristof misanalysis on CNN Fareed Zakaria's GPS. By…
Nigerian protest response to kidnappings
Protesting Nigerians say they are fed up with their government's response to the mass abductions, even as their…