American Air Strikes in Sokoto and a familiar Nigerian Nightmare. By Chima Nnadi-Oforgu

Special to USAfrica magazine (Houston) and USAfricaonline.com, the first Africa-owned, US-based newspaper published on the Internet. Chima Nnadi-Oforgu, contributing analyst to USAfricaLive.com, is the Editor of Oblongmedia in Owerri, Nigeria. Evidently,…

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