Man facing divorce kills 8 children, 7 of his own, in shooting rampage in Louisiana
“This is a tragic situation — maybe the worst tragic situation we’ve ever had,” said Shreveport Mayor Tom Arceneaux, mayor of the city in northwestern Louisiana with about 180,000 residents.…
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First woman elected to head African Union Commission
African leaders divided after historic AU vote for South Africa's Dlamini-Zuma By Jenny Vaughan (AFP) ADDIS ABABA — African leaders were divided Monday (July 16, 2012) over a historic vote…
SUICIDE BOMB: Shehu of Borno, Deputy Gov Borno survive attack; 5 killed
This July 13, 2012 suicide bomb attack in Maiduguri seems like a very loud wake-up call for those who were assumed to be relatively "safe" from the violent actions of…
USAfrica: Republican Romney deserved boos from Blacks at NAACP convention.
Romney had a golden opportunity to make a credible argument for Blacks to support him. But because he doesn’t have experienced Blacks in his inner circle, he thoroughly embarrassed himself…
TRAGEDY: 100 killed in Nigeria fuel tanker fire near Port Harcourt
Police in Nigeria's Rivers State on Thursday said more than 100 persons were feared to be burnt to death, while many were injured while scooping fuel from a fallen tanker…
POWER TUSSLE in Egypt: Morsi bows to court ruling on parliament
The statement appears aimed at mollifying an infuriated judiciary, which has been placed at the forefront of the complex struggle between powerful generals adjusting to their new Islamist president. "If…
USAfrica: Boko Haram, Mallam El-Rufai and conspiracy theorists of Northern Nigeria
Mallam El-Rufai and the northern elites who are engaging in conspiracy theories should abandon that path, start listening to the voices of reason, quit making excuses for Boko Haram and…
WAR CRIMES, using Child soldiers, Congolese warlord Lubanga sentenced to 14 years in jail
Lubanga, 51, was convicted in March 2012 of war crimes, specifically for using child soldiers in his rebel army in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2002-03, in the ICC's…
KILLINGS: Nigerian Senator, state lawmaker murdered by Fulani Muslim herdsmen near Jos; 105 others dead
"The senator representing Plateau north, Gyang Dantong, and the majority leader of the state assembly, Gyang Fulani, were gunned down today by Fulani herdsmen," said Pam Ayuba, spokesman for the…
Libya’s first free national elections after Ghaddafi bring joy, few violence
AFP: The vote went ahead despite protesters disrupting some polling in the restive east. In Tripoli, voting began with queues of people keen to elect the General National Congress, which will…
Margery Chuba Okadigbo affirmed by Supreme Court as Senator-elect.
When asked about the challenges and demands of the case, Mrs. Okadigbo told USAfricaonline.com Publisher Chido Nwangwu in May 2012: "I await the ruling of the highest court of the…
When will Blacks learn true meaning of U.S Independence Day and politics? By Raynard Jackson
Today, we allow Republicans to ignore us and the Democrats to only give us lip service. We have become so obsessed with symbolism that no one feels the need to…
Otedola-Lawan 2nd Bribery tape: messier, more corruption
The controversies, claims and counter-claims over the alleged $3m bribery scandal involving key member of the country's ruling PDP who until a few weeks served as the Chairman of House…
Gunmen slash throats of workers near Maiduguri’s central mosque.
Lt. Col. Sagir Musa said on Monday July 2, 2012 that the gunmen slashed the throats of the victims in a late Sunday night attack in the embattled city.
Nigeria Oil bribe tape broadcast on tv channel
In the recording, the voice said to be Otedola's asks how the outstanding bribe money should be delivered as Lawan is unavailable to meet. "Is there anybody you trust I…
Egypt’s Morsi starts to govern; conflicts inevitable with Supreme Council of Armed Forces.
USAfrica projects that Morsi and the Egyptian Supreme Council of Armed Forces will have some conflicts over lines of power, military command and direction of the very big African-Arab country.
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