5 Indian U.N. peacekeepers killed in South Sudan

Five Indian peacekeepers with the United Nations have been killed and four others injured in an ambush in Jonglei, South Sudan, on Tuesday, according to Syed Akbaruddin, the spokesman for…

Egypt’s Mubarak to remain behind bars

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will remain behind bars even though he won an appeal in which he asked to be released while awaiting trial, Egyptian state TV said.

Children: War’s most vulnerable

One of the longest-lasting effects of conflict is one that is all too often hidden away, breaking down social fabric and affecting those it touches for the rest of their…

Connecting orphans, families

She's built her career caring for orphans.

South Africa’s President Zuma one-day visit to Nigeria on Tuesday

USAfrica 20th ANNIVERSARY :: May 11, 2013 @Hilton Westchase Houston.  http://usafrica20.eventbrite.com -- South Africa's President Zuma one-day visit to Nigeria on Tuesday.                …

Chinua Achebe’s work on earth was magnificently done. By Chike Momah

TRIBUTE TO CHINUA ACHEBE (IKEJIMBA) 1930-2013 By CHIKE MOMAH Special to USAfricaonline.com, AchebeBooks.com, the USAfrica-powered e-groups of  Nigeria360, IgboEvents, UNNalumni,  and CLASSmagazine Houston.                                …

Militants attack Somalia court building

Heavily armed militants forced their way into a court building in Mogadishu, Somalia, and launched a deadly attack, according to a local journalist who witnessed the aftermath.

Mubarak attends retrial on stretcher

Egypt's deposed president, Hosni Mubarak, arrived Saturday on a stretcher at the country's Police Academy in Cairo for the first day of his retrial on charges related to the killing…

All Saints Anglican Houston dedicates Sanctuary on May 18

Winning ‘toughest race on Earth’

The cries of pain turn into cheers of joy as runners completed the 28th edition of the Marathon des Sables, known as the toughest footrace on Earth.

‘Appalling’ conditions for Mali refugees

About 70,000 refugees who fled violence in Mali are living in "appalling" conditions in a camp in the middle of the Mauritanian desert, Doctors Without Borders said Friday.

African woman makes history: Fatou Bensouda starts as chief prosecutor at World Criminal Court; set to tackle Ghaddafi’s son; assessing Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta’s case.

USAfricaonline.com: An African woman who served as attorney general and justice minister for her west African country of Gambia marks her history-making first week in office (today Friday April 12)…

‘Kidnapped to Egypt’: Dad, U.S. powerless

Nearly 12 years ago, Michael Shannon sent his two young sons to New York for what he thought what be a weekend visit with their mother. It would be the…

Pirates cost us ‘$18 billion a year’

Somali pirates are pushing global trade costs up by billions of dollars per year, says the World Bank, with more than 1,000 pirate attacks since 2005.

Old t-shirts making Africa poorer?

Second-hand clothes from the West are big business in Africa. But while cheap used clothes are good for the African consumer, they are destroying local businesses, say experts.