USAfrica: Nigeria, Dangote’s activism and the risk of incomplete reform. By Patrick O. Okigbo III
Special to USAfrica magazine (Houston) and USAfricaonline.com, the first Africa-owned, US-based newspaper published on the Internet. Nigeria, periodically, appears to lurch toward reform, only to settle back into familiar habits.…
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Toast to Ambassador Joy Ogwu’s distinctions. By Chido Nwangwu
Toast to Ambassador Joy Ogwu's many distinctions. Special to USAfrica magazine (Houston) and USAfricaonline.com, the first Africa-owned, US-based newspaper published on the Internet. By Chido Nwangwu. Follow on Twitter @Chido247…
Jubilation across Tripoli, Benghazi… as Gadhafi’s regime collapses; his sons arrested.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Gadhafi"days are numbered," and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), respected for his foreign policy views, predicted on CBS's "Face the Nation" Sunday that it was…
Drug Trafficking: wife of South African minister sentenced to 10 yrs, fired from job
Drug Trafficking: wife of South African minister's sentenced to 10 yrs, fired from job Special to USAfricaonline.com AFP/Johannesburg: Sheryl Cwele, the wife of South Africa's intelligence minister, was fired…
USAfrica: With little to show for years in office, Anambra Gov. Peter Obi takes to advertising hollow accomplishments. By Okey Ndibe
Mr. Peter Obi’s undoing – apart from the aforementioned paucity of imagination – lies in his increasing confidence that propaganda is a substitute for solid governance and verifiable achievements.... With…
10 killed in renewed violence near Jos
10 killed in renewed violence near Jos. Special to USAfricaonline.com August 16, 2011: At least 10 people were killed in overnight attacks in northern Nigerian city of Jos, sparking protest…
CLASSmagazine: QueenKay Anadu-Amamgbo on new book, remarrying and moving on
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Soccer: Nigeria beats England; reaches quarter-finals at U-20 World Cup
Soccer: Nigeria beats England; reaches quarterfinals at U-20 World Cup By Jorge Rueda/AP Armenia, Colombia — Edafe Egbedi scored the second-half winner as Nigeria edged England 1-0 to advance to…
USAfrica: The ugly truths of Famine and Genocide in Somalia. By Ben Barber
Islamist militant groups such as the Shabab that control vast areas of Somalia have been killing aid workers and blocking hungry Somalis from either receiving donated food or escaping to…
USAfrica: Why Jonathan’s tenure elongation proposal is a misplacement of priorities. By Okey Ndibe
Why Jonathan's tenure elongation proposal is a misplacement of priorities. By Prof. Okey Ndibe Special to USAfricaonline.com and Nigeria360 e-group The kindest thing that can be said about Nigeria's President Goodluck…
Boko Haram: Nigeria’s government says it will dialogue with pro-Al Qaeda, radical Islamic sect
The decision to negotiate with the sect is almost sure to be controversial. Many people have argued against such a move, objecting in particular to any suggestion the Islamists be…
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Nigeria’s President Jonathan’s push for tenure elongation awakens ghosts of Obasanjo’s failed 3rd-term push. By Chido Nwangwu
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East Africa Famine and Catastrophe in Somalia. Special report by Clemens Höges and Horand Knaup
East Africa Famine and Catastrophe in Somalia. By Clemens Höges and Horand Knaup Aid workers have long been warning that a famine was approaching in East Africa. Now that it is…
Guinea’s President survives attack at his home
Guinea's President survives attack at his home AP/CONAKRY, Guinea—Guinea's democratically elected president survived an assassination attempt early Tuesday when gunmen descended on his home, an attack that throws into doubt…
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