Gunmen attack orphanage in northern Nigeria, abduct 23 pupils
Gunmen abducted 23 pupils from an illegal orphanage in Lokoja, Kogi State, Nigeria. Fifteen have been rescued, and authorities are searching for the remaining eight victims. By Dyepkazah Shibayan in…
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Uganda’s Museveni, from revolutionary nationalist to authoritarian emperor. By Chidi Amuta
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Senegal to audit oil, gas and mining sectors
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Special to USAfrica magazine (Houston) and USAfricaonline.com, first African-owned, U.S-based newspaper published on the Internet. Tunde Olusunle, PhD, contributor to USAfrica, poet, journalist, scholar, and author, is a Fellow of…
USAfrica: Is the Okuama Massacre linked to the lethal oil bunkering ecosystem? By Chris Uchenna Agbedo
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