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Poetry: The Music in my heart….By Nkem Ekeopara
Download the original attachment 4 poems for publication in Class The Music in my Heart My honey-coated tunes…
Somalia’s president meets with members of Minnesota’s Somali community; warns radical recruiters here in U.S
Speaking through an interpreter, President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed said the problems in Somalia are not clans fighting…
USAfricaonline.com goes richly interactive with new look, content….
"The importance of this latest interactive re-positioning of USAfricaonline.com is to fully tap into the advantages of the…
Rio de Janeiro wins bid for 2016 Olympic Games..
'Hosting the Olympic Games should not be a privilege for rich countries,' Lula said recently in New York.…
Banking on Africa: the examples of Kaberuka and Sinon
The goal of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group is to create sustainable economic development and social progress…
Femi Kuti brings the roof down at Chicago’s Ravinia music festival
Can't Buy Me, a song that addresses the sugar daddy syndrome, was greeted by cheers.... When he sang…
Nigeria’s troubled banking system and need for CBN reforms
Nigerian banking is being pulled from the crisis and profligacy of the past 5 years inflicted by bank…
Awofeso: Nigeria’s odyssey and the diffident leadership of President Yar’Adua
In these closing months of 2009, Nigeria's predictably dire future will need to be re-assessed to decide the…
Oprah picks Nigerian author’s short stories
Uwem notes that: "I was inspired to write by the people who sit around my village church to…
Democrats who voted against public OPTION got $19 million from healthcare firms, lobbyists
Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) alone accounts for nearly $8 million of the total. In addition, five…
Suleiman: I am Hungry, Please Re-brand me
I am Nigeria. Malaria, typhoid and many other preventable diseases send me to hospitals which have no doctors,…
Guinea’s dictator Camara apologizes: claims “atrocities” by “uncontrollable elements in the military….”
The brutal events have drawn international condemnation. Camara said: "Very frankly speaking, I'm very sorry, very sorry...."Even I,…
Africa Action, ECOWAS condemn Guinea’s killing of 160 “peaceful demonstrators”
"They were raping women publicly. Soldiers were shooting everywhere and I saw people fall" Mouctar Diallo, opposition activist
U.S. AfriCom’s commander Ward: no plans to move hqs to Africa
Washington has no plans "for the foreseeable future" to move the headquarters of U.S. Africa Command - nor…
Darfur, Sudanese refugees face rape daily in Chad
The Amnesty International report says the women and girls are attacked by villagers living nearby, members of the…