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Who cares about Coups these days, anyway? By Chidi Amuta
We gave our military political adventurers every opportunity to make our lives better. Their best efforts returned a deficit, a landscape of misery, confusion and anguish.... Our democracy may not…
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Trump fires Attorney-General Pam Bondi
President Donald Trump has fired Attorney General Pam Bondi and replaced her with Deputy Attorney…
Boko Haram threatens to kill 400 women and children if Nigeria refuses $3.5 million ransom
Boko Haram militants have threatened to execute more than 400 women and children they are…
The Renewed Dystopia of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (1). By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
Prof. Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, contributing analyst to USAfricaonline.com, is a lawyer and a teacher. USAfrica…
Gunmen attack orphanage in northern Nigeria, abduct 23 pupils
Gunmen abducted 23 pupils from an illegal orphanage in Lokoja, Kogi State, Nigeria. Fifteen have…
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#BokoHaram unleashes “devastating attack”, kills 60 in north east Nigeria
Boko Haram has killed at least 60 people in a "devastating" attack on the north-eastern Nigerian border town of Rann,…
USAfrica: James McGee excelled as an African-American labor leader
By Chigbo Ofong, PhD. Special & Exclusive tribute for USAfricaonline.com Mazi James Madison McGee, born on December 22, 1940, in…
USAfrica: Obasanjo’s terrible record of picking Nigerian leaders. By Lt. Gen. Alani Akinrinade (rtd)
Special to USAfrica & USAfricaonline.com Nigeria’s former head of state Olusegun Obasanjo asking Nigerians to vote for Atiku Abubakar is…
#Bombshell: 40,000 Nigerians held as “Sex slaves” in Mali
A shocking and embarrassing discovery by Nigeria's anti-trafficking agency said it has found thousands of missing girls and women in…
Military coup in Gabon collapses overnight….
Special to USAfrica Gabon’s presidency said in a statement that soldiers burst into a state radio station at dawn on…
#FLASHPOINT: DRC Congo on knife’s edge as presidential election result is postponed
Special to USAfrica and USAfricaonline.com The Democratic Republic of Congo officials on Saturday delayed the announcement of preliminary results from…
USAfrica: Petition to rename street opposite Trump Tower the Barack Obama Avenue inches to target
Evidently, "the thorny, combative paths of incumbent President Donald Trump and those of his immediate predecessor Barack Obama will not…
Violence, tension in DRC Congo election; Kabila orders internet access shut down
AFP: The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Monday began counting ballots from a presidential election marked by delays and…