FG Files 13-Count Charge Against Alleged Coup Plotters
ABUJA, Nigeria — The Federal Government has officially filed a 13-count charge at the Federal High Court in Abuja against several individuals, including high-ranking retired military officers and a former…
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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
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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…
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.
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