Month: May 2014
#BokoHaram: Nigeria requests, gets UN sanctions for atrocity
#BokoHaram: Nigeria requests, gets UN sanctions for atrocity. By Chido Nwangwu Special to USAfricaonline.com, CLASSmagazine, and USAfrica multimedia networks, Houston. Follow Twitter.com/Chido247, Facebook.com/USAfricaChido USAfrica, May…
Appeal in Sudan faith death verdict
A Sudanese lawyer filed an appeal Thursday for a pregnant woman sentenced to death this month for refusing…
Leader of Libya anti-Islamist offensive calls for civilian council
A retired Libyan general whose movement launched an assault on Islamist militias in Benghazi and demanded the suspension…
Nigeria’s biggest movie censored?
The National Film and Video Censor Board in Nigeria has delayed the release of romantic drama "Half of…
Hiding bad grades is now harder
A Kenyan startup has come up with a simple service that allows schools to send report cards via…
‘The greatest race of all time’
He's smashed world records and revolutionized running during his illustrious career. And yet the name of Filbert Bayi…
U.S. forces to search for missing girls
Nigeria asked the United Nations to designate Boko Haram a terrorist organization.
Ousted President Mubarak, two sons sentenced
A court in Cairo sentenced ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to three years in prison Wednesday for embezzlement.
Libya: Where did it all go wrong?
With a new armed threat breathing down its neck, Libya's discordant government made a snap announcement on Tuesday…
Sudan: Christian death verdict ‘not final’
As outrage grows over a Sudanese woman sentenced to death for refusing to renounce her Christianity, the government…
At least 118 dead in Nigeria blasts
At least 118 people were killed Tuesday in twin blasts at a market in the central Nigerian city…