Burkina Faso and Mali restrict entry for Americans
Mali and Burkina Faso have announced travel restrictions on American nationals in a tit-for-tat move after the United States included both African countries on a no-entry list. US President Donald…
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Special to USAfrica magazine (Houston) and USAfricaonline.com The high point of President Joe Biden’s mid-June 2021 outing in Europe was not merely the collective sigh of relief heaved by hitherto…
Biden signs bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday on end of slavery in USA
Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas — two months after the Confederacy had surrendered. That was…
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Biden, Putin and the Games Nations Play. By Chido Nwangwu @Chido247 USAfrica magazine (Houston) and USAfricaonline.com Russian…
USAfrica: Zambia’s founding President, Kenneth Kaunda, has died at 97.
USAfrica: Zambia's founding President, statesman and human rights champion, Kenneth Kaunda, has died at 97.
Ivory Coast’s controversial ex-president Gbagbo returns June 17
Abidjan (AFP): Ivory Coast's former president Laurent Gbagbo, who returns home on Thursday after a nearly 10-year absence, has known glory and humiliation in equal measure in his long and chequered…
USAfrica: Nigeria’s deepening autocracy moves to the ‘Next Level’. By Chidi Amuta
Dr. Chidi Amuta, scholar and author on politics, power and literature, is Executive Editor of USAfrica magazine (Houston) and USAfricaonline.com since 1993 The Buhari administration has just stumbled on a…
Nigerian police fire teargas, arrest protesters; Shi’ites demand release of leader
By Afolabi Sotunde (Reuters, June 12, 2021): Police fired teargas and detained several demonstrators in the Nigerian cities of Lagos and Abuja on Saturday during protests over the country’s worsening security situation. Anger…
U.S condemns Nigeria for banning Twitter
U.S condemns Nigeria for banning Twitter USAfricaonline.com : The…
USAfrica: Trump’s twists and Nigeria’s Twitter ban. By Chido Nwangwu
Trump’s twists and Nigeria’s Twitter ban. By Chido Nwangwu. @Chido247 USAfricaonline.com Just when you thought the man would have learned a good thing or two from his divisive actions and spoken…
USAfrica: Obasanjo warns Nigerians “disintegration is not the solution”
Obasanjo warns Nigerians “disintegration is not the solution” Special to USAfricaonline.com Nigeria's former head of state and internationally respected regional power broker, retired General Olusegun Obasanjo, has expressed his opposition…
Africa Cup of Nations draw in Yaounde on June 25 postponed
The 2021 Africa Cup of Nations draw, scheduled for Yaounde on June 25, has been postponed due to Covid-19, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) confirmed. A CAF official said the…
Why has no Nigerian leader found courage to openly apologize for genocide against the Igbo? By Chidi Amuta
Dr. Chidi Amuta, scholar and author on politics, power and literature, is Executive Editor of USAfrica magazine (Houston) and USAfricaonline.com since 1993 Of all the ghosts that haunt the Nigerian…
USAfrica: Emeka Agwu, pentecostal ArchBishop, turns 50
Emeka Agwu, charismatic and message-filled Pentecostal ArchBishop based in Houston, turns 50. Special to USAfrica & USAfricaonline.com He reaches and connects with thousands of adherents of the christian faith as…
Islamic jihadists massacre in Solhan village force thousands to flee
Special to USAfrica magazine (Houston) and USAfricaonline.com AFP: Burkina Faso's government said Tuesday (June 8, 2021) that more than 7,000 families had fled the country's volatile north following the worst…
Despite Buhari’s ban, Twitter still works in Nigeria
A few hours ago, the Nigerian government of retired General Muhammadu Buhari announced that it has suspend the operations of the world’s number one micro-blogging site, Twitter, in the most populous…
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