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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Guinea’s dictator Camara apologizes: claims “atrocities” by “uncontrollable elements in the military….”
The brutal events have drawn international condemnation. Camara said: "Very frankly speaking, I'm very sorry, very sorry...."Even I, as head of state in this very tense situation, cannot claim to…
Africa Action, ECOWAS condemn Guinea’s killing of 160 “peaceful demonstrators”
"They were raping women publicly. Soldiers were shooting everywhere and I saw people fall" Mouctar Diallo, opposition activist
U.S. AfriCom’s commander Ward: no plans to move hqs to Africa
Washington has no plans "for the foreseeable future" to move the headquarters of U.S. Africa Command - nor any of its military components - to the continent, AfriCom chief Army…
Darfur, Sudanese refugees face rape daily in Chad
The Amnesty International report says the women and girls are attacked by villagers living nearby, members of the Chadian army and aid workers in the camps. The global human rights…
Massacre, rapes in Guinea draw condemnation from U.S and EU.
(Xinhua) -- The United States on Tuesday condemned recent violence in Guinea between the military troops and opposition demonstrators, urging a return to civilian rule. In a statement, State Department…
If it is building bigger churches, no other race surpasses ‘Black/African’ folks in Africa or USA
Despite many years of separation from the continent, the way Blacks and Africans do things are alarmingly similar. They will build a bigger church but when it comes to doing…
Houston can’t wait for expanded light rail
Light rail holds too significance to the Bayou City of the 21st century to be considered only so casually, disjointedly and often from partisan political prism. What is important here…
AIG bonus and congressional posturing
AIG bonus and congressional posturing By Ken Kemnagum Okorie Special to USAfricaonline.com and USAfrica The Newspaper, Houston Few events in recent times have showcased Washington DC in its true political…
Nigeria set to be world’s 2nd Largest Supplier of Liquefied Natural Gas
Special Adviser to the President on Petroleum Matters, Dr. Emmanuel Egbogah, who made these known said "Nigerian LNG has a total installed capacity of 22 million metric tones of LNG…
2010 World Cup qualifying’s top players; Ronaldo missing
Current FIFA World Player of the Year, Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo, is not on the list, and Portugal is in grave danger of missing the World Cup. Across the Atlantic, Lionel…
District 9 movie draws anger of Nigerians; caricatures Obasanjo…
None of the groups shown comes out particularly well, but the Nigerians are portrayed as gangsters, cannibals, pimps and prostitutes, while their leader's name is pronounced Obasanjo -- the same…
‘Al-Qaeda threat’ closed US embassy in South Africa
The embassy, consulates in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban, as well as aid and development offices, have been closed since Tuesday after the State Department said a "credible" threat had…
USAfrica: Why Nigerian and Africa’s leaders are leading them nowhere. By Prof. Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe
In an interview with the Financial Times (London), Nigeria's leader retired Gen. Obasanjo could not but admit: "In three years I went round the world and did not get anything...…
My aversion to patronizing ‘Save’ Africa campaigns by Europeans, Americans
My aversion to patronizing 'Save' Africa campaigns by the West. By Uzodinma Iweala. Such campaigns, however well intentioned, promote the stereotype of Africa as a black hole of disease and…
Palm Pre is Pre(mature); I’ll live in the iPhone digital universe
Beyond the media-pr hype, based on actualities , interface, reliability, and features, I think this first Palm Pre might just be Pre(mature) in comparison to the iPhone 3.0. The iPhone…
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