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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,…
African immigration tension flares
Amene Tekele Haymanot thought he had made the right choice when he escaped war-torn Eritrea and opened a…
Zambia’s bamboo bikes business
In Zambia, bicycles are grown from the ground.
Ethiopia pushes controversial dam
The waters of the Blue Nile have for millennia flowed down from the Ethiopian highlands enriching the countries…
Ida Odinga: Women’s champion
It's often proclaimed that "behind a strong man there is a strong woman" -- and in the case…
Egypt’s complex picture
Mohammed Ayoob: Egypt's future is not the Muslim Brotherhood or the remnants of the Mubarak regime. The reality…