Opinion: Africa Rising? Not for millions in poverty

Zimbabwe adopts yuan as legal currency

Zimbabweans may soon be able to shop in yuan, after their government announced that the Chinese currency will become legal tender.

Gas tanker blast at plant kills at least four

A gas tanker exploded at an industrial plant in southern Nigeria, killing at least four people and leaving bodies charred beyond recognition, a Red Cross official said.

A radio show host may have fixed Nigeria’s worst problem

The Pope, atheists and Islam: The year in religion

Amid all the uncertainty in the world today, there are those who cling to religious beliefs and those who find comfort believing in no God at all. We spent the…

At Christmas, remember Jesus was a refugee

As Christmas arrives, many of the over two billion people in the world who identify as Christians begin to refocus in a particular way, thinking about the meaning of this…

… AND THE MUSIC PAUSED… AT 69! LONG LIVE DAN ORJI. By Chido Nwangwu

By Dr. Chido Nwangwu, Founder of USAfrica and analyst for CNN and SkyNews. Houston, Texas: One of Africa’s prolific music masters, Dan Orji, would have achieved the biblical age of ‘three…

U.S. senators: poaching a ‘threat to security’

When Cecil the lion was killed in July outside Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park, the international community reacted with grief and outrage. But while it didn't receive the same level of…

Why this man’s turned into ‘lame duck’

Mayhem is the only word that can describe President Jacob Zuma's shock reversal of the appointment of almost-finance minister David van Rooyen.

Bodies litter capital’s streets

Capturing the ‘ghosts’ of migrants

#Nigeria Bombshell: #Dasuki says Jonathan gave order for N10 billion cash to influence PDP convention delegates

Special to USAfricaonline.com,  and USAfrica multimedia networks, Houston. Follow USAfrica at Facebook.com/USAfricaChido , Facebook.com/USAfrica247 and Twitter.com/Chido247 Nigeria’s immediate former National Security Adviser (NSA) Sambo Dasuki has said he handed over the N10 billion given to Peoples Democratic Party…

A-list actors vs. South African school kids

Nigerian military attacks Shia group

Start-up haven blooms in Moroccan paradise