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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ABOMINATION: After Prof. Okafor’s murder-suicide, his Onitsha folks wrestle with burial burdens of his killing Jamaican-born wife, self.
"Although he (Prof. Okafor) is our son, according to our Onitsha custom, he committed an abomination and cannot be buried at home in Onitsha", said one of the cultural leaders…
TRAGEDY: Prof. Okafor shoots his wife, self dead in murder-suicide in U.S.
TRAGEDY: Prof. Okafor shoots his wife, self dead in murder-suicide in U.S. Special to USAfricaonline.com, Nigeria360 e-group, IgboEvents e-group and CLASSmagazine, Houston. One of world's leading poets of Nigerian descent…
Indefinite STRIKE across South Africa over wages begins….
Indefinite STRIKE across South Africa over wages begins.... by Fanuel Jongwe Fanuel Jongwe/AFP in Johannesburg. More than a million South African public servants went on strike Wednesday, warning that their…
South African opposition parties begin merger against Zuma’s ANC
South African opposition parties formalize merger against Zuma's ANC Special to USAfricaonline.com AFP, JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's main opposition Democratic Alliance announced on Sunday it had signed a merger agreement…
Gambia continues attack on media freedom; 2 journalists face prosecution over ex-police chief Badjie story
Gambia is regularly criticised for its lack of media freedom. Amnesty International said earlier this year in a report that a government crackdown on press freedom had seen about 29…
Innovation in America, improving Medicine and the Economy. By Doug Schoen
Take green jobs. In the near future, alternative energy technologies -- like wind turbines and nuclear power -- could emerge as viable competitors to coal, oil, and natural gas. These…
Should Mosque at Ground Zero focus on security over Obama’s constitutional points? USAfrica Debate
"Respecting the fact that President Barack Obama and the New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg must defend the constitution which they swore to do on taking office, but the question is…
19 Nigerians dead in building collapse
"Nineteen dead bodies have so far been recovered while 12 others were rescued alive," said Abuja police spokesman Abass Jimoh.
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USAfrica: Violence against Women in the Nigerian Community: Issues of Power and Control.
USAfricaonline.com EXCLUSIVE feature: Violence against Women in the Nigerian Community: Issues of Power and Control. By Uchenna Nworah, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, Family Nurse Practitioner and Nursing PhD Student at the Texas…
American citizens, others charged with aiding Al-Qaeda-linked Somali group
Some of those charged are believed to be in Somalia fighting for the Shebab, which has claimed responsibility for deadly attacks in Uganda last month. Holder said four separate indictments…
Obama tells African youth to be agents of change
"If you think about it, back in the 1960s, when your grandparents, great-grandparents, were fighting for independence, the first leaders, they all said that they were for democracy," Obama --…
South Africa removes recognition of 6 kings; dismisses them as apartheid creations
South Africa removes recognition of six traditional kings. By Jean-Jacques Cornish (AFP) PRETORIA — President Jacob Zuma announced Thursday July 29, that South Africa would stop recognising half the nation's…
Obama holds forum with African youth August 3-5 in Washington DC
Obama to hold forum with African youth from August 3-5, 2010 in Washington DC Special to USAfrica, and CLASSmagazine Houston. By Chido Nwangwu, USAfricaonline.com. A group of 100 young…
CNN International profiles work of USAfrica’s Chido Nwangwu
Influential U.S Congressman Hon. Al Green of the Homeland Security and Financial Services committee who has attended some of the USAfrica Best of Africa events in Houston notes that "Chido…
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