Trump recalls U.S ambassadors from Nigeria, 29 countries
U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered the recall of nearly 30 career diplomats from ambassadorial and senior embassy postings, including Nigeria, in what officials describe as a broad effort to…
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Social change in Kenyan slums
African Voices meets Aggrey Otieno, a human rights activist who tackles high rates of maternal mortality in his hometown.
Stargazing in the desert
It's thought to be the world's oldest desert. The sun has been beating down on it for at least 55 million years and it covers an area of around around…
Fighting in Tunisia kills two officers
Two Tunisian national guard officers were killed and another was wounded Thursday in clashes between government forces and an "armed terrorist group" in the turbulent North African nation, a state-run…
Nigeria on slavery’s list of shame, says report
A new report claiming to be the most comprehensive look at global slavery says 30 million people are living as slaves around the world.
Egypt’s interim leader: I’ll give proposed protest law closer look
Adly Mansour, Egypt's interim president, is reviewing a proposed protest law approved by the Cabinet that has drawn the ire of human rights groups and political factions.
U.S. Navy rescues 128 men from Mediterranean waters
A U.S. Navy crew rescued more than 100 men from a raft in rough water in the central Mediterranean on Wednesday, the service said.
Al Libi: What the court won’t hear
Alleged al Qaeda operative Abu Anas al Libi, accused of playing a role in the deadly bombings of the embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998, denied terrorism charges when…
The cost of the war on rhinos
As organized crime syndicates take rhino poaching to brutal new levels, conservation parks are struggling to keep up.
Meet top African Journalists
An investigation into appalling conditions in school hostels has won two South African journalists the top prize at the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist Awards.
Birth advice by text messages
In one of Kenya's poorest slums a health center is sending life-saving advice to pregnant women.
Peter Obi and Allison Anadi’s dubious schemes to stop me from speaking at ASA-USA in Florida
Gov. Peter Obi and Allison Anadi's dubious schemes to stop me from speaking at ASA-USA in Florida By Prof. Okey Ndibe Special to USAfricaonline.com, CLASSmagazine and USAfrica multimedia networks, Houston. I used…
Amnesty International report: Hundreds die in Nigerian custody
Nearly 1,000 people, mostly members of the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram, have died this year while in Nigerian custody, Amnesty International said in a report.
Al Qaeda suspect faces trial in U.S.
Suspected Al Qaeda operative Abu Anas al Libi now faces trial in the U.S. for 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Africa.
African leaders prize: No winner, again
For a second consecutive year, no leader has been deemed worthy of the $5 million Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership.
Al Libi taken to U.S. after capture in Libya
The United States has brought Abu Anas al Libi -- an alleged al Qaeda operative whom U.S. Army Delta Force soldiers captured in Libya this month -- to New York,…
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