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Military strikes, gang massacres in Nigeria kill 100 civilians
Military strikes, gang massacres in Nigeria kill 100 civilians The Nigerian military killed at least 72 people, many of them civilians, in an airstrike on a crowded market in the…
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The Travails of Nestoil and the Travesties of Courts. By Chidi Odinkalu
Prof. Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, contributing analyst to USAfricaonline.com, is a lawyer and a teacher. USAfrica…
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…
Peter Obi, Eneke the Bird and the Politics of Flight. By Chris Agbedo
Special to USAfrica magazine (Houston) and USAfricaonline.com, the first Africa-owned, USA-based newspaper published on the…
Nigeria’s Season of Conspiracy Politics. By Chidi Amuta
Special to USAfrica magazine (Houston) and USAfricaonline.com, the first Africa-owned, U.S-based newspaper published on the…
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Chaos at Nigerian Banks, ATMs run dry amidst release of new currency
Nigeria’s switchover to new paper currency has grown more chaotic. ATMs in Africa’s largest economy have run out of new…
Battle against Africa’s soaring cancer fatalities, WHO calls for robust measures
Nairobi (IANS): African countries should come up with targeted interventions like enhanced surveillance, timely diagnosis, treatment and care in order…
South African police arrest officers who beat Nigerian into a coma
The Nigerian Consulate in Johannesburg in partnership with that country’s police have effected the arrest of four policemen for allegedly…
Ghana Central Bank announces further rate hike to restrain inflationary pressure.
Ghana's central bank announced a 100 basis points hike in its benchmark lending rate Monday to restrain inflationary pressure and…
At least 28 killed in separate attacks in Burkina Faso
At least 28 people, including soldiers and civilians, were killed in two separate gunmen attacks on Sunday and Monday in…
3 political parties to run for Senate elections in Cameroon
Cameroon's electoral body, Elections Cameroon (Elecam) on Monday (30 January 2023) published a list of 13 political parties, including the…
Calls for independent probe into Rwandan journalist’s death
Dozens of African civil society groups and press associations on Tuesday (31 January 2023) called for an independent investigation into…
Fuel scarcity may hamper movement of materials, personnel (INEC).
By Gift Habib With less than 25 days to the general election, the Independent National Electoral Commission has said that the…