U.S. Immigration: USCIS cuts reuse of photos to 36 months
Special to USAfricanonline.com The U.S. immigration agency has revised its biometric policy, limiting reuse of photographs to 3 years and ending acceptance of self-submitted images. The White House characterizes the…
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Blasts hit Cairo bridge, injure police
At least three police officers were injured in twin blasts in Cairo Friday, Egyptian state media reported. The explosions took place on a bridge in the Egyptian capital and targeted…
Where do broken flip-flops go?
If you're walking along the east African coast and chance upon a herd of brightly-striped elephants, flame-hued rhinos and a tower of crazily-colored giraffes, then don't panic, you're not hallucinating…
Campaign: ‘Africa is not a country’
They say there are no stupid questions -- or are there?
USAfrica: APC chieftain condemns Rivers Police chief Mbu’s transfer to Abuja as “indirect slap”
APC chieftain condemns Rivers Police chief Mbu’s transfer to Abuja as “indirect slap”; says he should have been sacked. •Follow Twitter.com/Chido247, Facebook.com/USAfricaChido …
Egypt releases journalists’ charges
Egyptian authorities have served Al Jazeera with a charge sheet that identifies eight of its staff on a list of 20 people -- all believed to be journalists -- for…
More than 1,100 asylum seekers rescued off Italian coast
More than 1,100 asylum seekers have been rescued off the coast of Italy, the nation's navy said in a statement.
Army says El-Sisi report ‘speculation’
Egypt's military was quick to quash a newspaper report Thursday that quoted army chief Abdel-Fatah El-Sisi as saying he will run for president.
Gold mine fire: Eight bodies recovered, one missing
Rescuers recovered the bodies of eight miners trapped in a South African gold mine after an underground fire this week, the company said Thursday.
Nine trapped in gold mine after fire
At least nine miners remain trapped in a South African gold mine after an underground fire, the Harmony Gold mining company said Wednesday.
Blast at Libyan school injures six children
Six students were wounded when unknown assailants tossed a hand grenade into a school in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, hospital staff said Wednesday.
Rwanda spy chief in genocide court
Twenty years after the Rwanda genocide, France has opened its first trial of a suspected accomplice in the massacre that killed 800,000 people.
Camp pushes girls into sex
When Grace learned she'd be going to a camp with her friends, she was thrilled. Every girl around her age in her southern Malawi village would attend the rite of…
Protesters demand freedom for Al Jazeera journalists
Foreign and local journalists gathered outside the Egyptian Embassy in Nairobi on Tuesday to protest the imprisonment and demand the release of Al Jazeera East Africa correspondent Peter Greste and…
Libya destroys chemical weapons
Libya said Tuesday that its chemical weapons, including artillery shells and bombs filled with mustard gas, have been destroyed.
USAfrica: African-American John Thompson becomes Chairman of Microsoft; makes history, again
African-American John Thompson becomes Chairman of Microsoft; makes history, again •Follow Twitter.com/Chido247, Facebook.com/USAfricaChido …
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