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,…
Ocean-going container ships docking at the South African Port of Ngqura are sending ripples through the local economy and bringing a new lease of life to businesses in the region.
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A nurse's assistant in Spain is the first person known to have contracted Ebola outside of Africa in the current outbreak.
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While the U.S. struggles to contain the fear stirred up by Thomas Eric Duncan's diagnosis in Dallas, there's a different concern in Liberia: to stop the mounting death toll.
While the U.S. struggles to contain the fear stirred up by Thomas Eric Duncan's diagnosis in Dallas, there's a different concern in Liberia: to stop the mounting death toll.
A millionaire British businessman accused of hiring hit men to kill his new wife during their honeymoon in South Africa pleaded not guilty as his trial began Monday.
Somalia's militant Islamist group al-Shabaab has abandoned its last major stronghold of Barawe, after an assault by Somali and African Union forces, residents and military commanders said.
A second Ebola patient to be treated at Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha will arrive there early Monday morning, the center said in a statement.
As Thomas Eric Duncan remains in isolation at a hospital in Dallas, and American journalist Ashoka Mukpo prepares to be transported home, many are wondering: Will they receive an experimental…
Nina dos Santos talks to the chief spokesman of a Nigerian opposition party about the challenges his country faces.
On the bustling streets of Nairobi, hundreds of motorcyclists are weaving in and out of the already congested traffic. Without fear of incident, countless drivers put themselves at risk every…
(CNN) -- Nine United Nations peacekeepers were killed in an ambush in Mali on Friday, a U.N. spokesman said.
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Alexandra Field takes a look at the Ebola patient and his journey from Liberia to the U.S.
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