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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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
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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
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USAfrica: Buhari’s Biafra fever, Twitter and iron fist. By Chido Nwangwu
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USAfrica: Why Twitter deleted Buhari’s threat to deal with “misbehaving” Nigerians in “the language they understand”
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USAfrica: Nigeria is sliding into anarchy, failed state -warns Taraba Gov. Ishaku
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USAfrica: Obinna Okorie graduates with honors in Human Development and Family Sciences
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Ahmed Gulak, ex-Adviser to Nigeria’s former Pres Jonathan, killed in Owerri
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USAfrica: Akeredolu’s rising profile in America, AGF Malami and Garba Shehu. By Chido Nwangwu
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Ondo Gov says Buhari’s spokesman “major supporter of current, pervasive anarchy”
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Mali crisis: UN, AU, ECOWAS, EU, US, UK condemn detention of President, PM and demand “unconditional liberty”
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USAfrica: Why resurgent Biafra and Oduduwa Republics are real threats to Nigeria. By Chidi Amuta
Dr. Chidi Amuta, Executive Editor of USAfrica magazine (Houston) and USAfricaonline.com since 1993 Nigeria’s numerous, current worries have driven its national conversation into a dark corner. The future of the…
USAfrica: Abaribe says Nigeria’s AGF Malami “fixated in evoking ethnic, regional fault lines”
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