Tension mounts as DR Congo is reluctant to grant U.S. privileged access to its rich minerals
Washington is disappointed there's no privileged access to the rich minerals in the eastern DRC. The United States on Thursday (April 30, 2026) slapped sanctions on the Democratic Republic of…
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By Emmanuel A. C. Orji, a pioneer technocrat during the colonial and post-colonial administration of Owerri, is a prolific author and analyst of current and historical matters. Since I was…
USAfrica: Primate of Nigeria’s Anglicans Ndukuba in USA for dedication of Holy Trinity Cathedral in Houston
By Chido Nwangwu, Publisher of USAfrica magazine (Houston), CLASSmagazine and USAfricaonline.com The Primate of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, the Most Rev’d Henry Ndukuba, is in the United States for…
USAfrica: Blacks, Republicans and Battle over voting. By Chido Nwangwu
Blacks, Republicans and Battle over voting. By Chido Nwangwu @Chido247 USAfrica magazine (Houston) and USAfricaonline.com The struggle…
ECOWAS court rules Buhari’s government should stop prosecuting Nigerians for using Twitter
#TwitterCase #Nigeria ECOWAS court rules Buhari’s government should stop prosecuting Nigerians for using Twitter. The suit was filed against by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and 176 concerned Nigerians…
USAfrica: Why Nigeria’s next president has to be opposite of everything Buhari is. By Chidi Amuta
Dr. Chidi Amuta, Executive Editor of USAfrica multimedia networks, Houston, is based in Lagos. President Buhari has just rendered invaluable service to an uneasy nation. He used this year’s political…
USAfrica: Biden and our collective sigh of relief. By Ken Okorie
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…
USAfrica: Biden, Putin and the Games Nations Play. By Chido Nwangwu
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…
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