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TRAGEDY: 100 killed in Nigeria fuel tanker fire near Port Harcourt
Police in Nigeria's Rivers State on Thursday said more than 100 persons were feared to be burnt to…
POWER TUSSLE in Egypt: Morsi bows to court ruling on parliament
The statement appears aimed at mollifying an infuriated judiciary, which has been placed at the forefront of the…
USAfrica: Boko Haram, Mallam El-Rufai and conspiracy theorists of Northern Nigeria
Mallam El-Rufai and the northern elites who are engaging in conspiracy theories should abandon that path, start listening…
WAR CRIMES, using Child soldiers, Congolese warlord Lubanga sentenced to 14 years in jail
Lubanga, 51, was convicted in March 2012 of war crimes, specifically for using child soldiers in his rebel…
KILLINGS: Nigerian Senator, state lawmaker murdered by Fulani Muslim herdsmen near Jos; 105 others dead
"The senator representing Plateau north, Gyang Dantong, and the majority leader of the state assembly, Gyang Fulani, were…
Libya’s first free national elections after Ghaddafi bring joy, few violence
AFP: The vote went ahead despite protesters disrupting some polling in the restive east. In Tripoli, voting began with…
Margery Chuba Okadigbo affirmed by Supreme Court as Senator-elect.
When asked about the challenges and demands of the case, Mrs. Okadigbo told USAfricaonline.com Publisher Chido Nwangwu in…
When will Blacks learn true meaning of U.S Independence Day and politics? By Raynard Jackson
Today, we allow Republicans to ignore us and the Democrats to only give us lip service. We have…
Otedola-Lawan 2nd Bribery tape: messier, more corruption
The controversies, claims and counter-claims over the alleged $3m bribery scandal involving key member of the country's ruling…
Gunmen slash throats of workers near Maiduguri’s central mosque.
Lt. Col. Sagir Musa said on Monday July 2, 2012 that the gunmen slashed the throats of the…
Nigeria Oil bribe tape broadcast on tv channel
In the recording, the voice said to be Otedola's asks how the outstanding bribe money should be delivered…
Egypt’s Morsi starts to govern; conflicts inevitable with Supreme Council of Armed Forces.
USAfrica projects that Morsi and the Egyptian Supreme Council of Armed Forces will have some conflicts over lines…
Sudan police fired tear gas, rubber bullets at peaceful protesters
AFP: Sudanese police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse hundreds of peaceful protesters on Friday, the…
Soccer: Arsenal cancels match with Nigerian Eagles; “complexities” in Abuja
Arsenal announced that the proposed game has been called off due to "complexities" associated with organising such a…
Zuma: South Africa economy still ‘remains in hands of white males’; needs reforms
Zuma told a key meeting of his ruling African National Congress that a new economic direction was needed…