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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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Teenage bomber kills 50+ at Nigeria mosque; Boko Haram suspected
Teenage bomber kills dozens at Nigeria mosque; Boko Haram suspected. AP -- A teenage suicide bomber attacked worshippers at a…
USAfrica: Amidst Zimbabwe-Mugabe uncertainty, U.S embassy closed to public
Amidst the uncertainty following the ousting of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe by the country's armed forces, the U.S mission in…
“Military coup can’t be ruled out”, warns Dabengwa
Zimbabwe's former home affairs minister, now the leader of the opposition ZAPU party, Dumiso Dabengwa, has reportedly said that a…
Kenya on knife’s edge; Odinga dismisses Kenyatta’s 98% “victory” as a “sham”
Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga on Tuesday rejected outright the result of last week's "sham" election, vowing to fight on…
Boko Haram strikes again in Nigeria’s Borno, sets 150 homes on fire, kills 3
Boko Haram killed three people and set fire to scores of homes in a raid targeting vulnerable rural communities in…
Soccer: Ghana stuns Nigeria 4-1 to win WAFU cup
Ghana has won the West Africa Football Union Cup of Nations following a resounding defeat of their bitter soccer rivals…
Angolans elect retired General Lourenco as President
Luanda (AFP): Angola’s next president, Joao Lourenco, is a ruling party loyalist and former general who endured several years out of…
Zimbabwe’s First Lady Grace Mugabe exposes South Africa’s “Animal Farm”
By Sidney Majoko If there was ever a perfect time for a visiting first lady to waltz into South Africa…