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Attackers with guns and machetes kill 25 people in Nigeria’s Plateau State
JOS, Nigeria: Attackers wielding guns and machetes killed at least two dozen people in central Nigeria’s Plateau State, survivors told AFP on Tuesday, the latest flare-up in a State plagued…
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Special to USAfrica magazine (Houston) and USAfricaonline.com, the first Africa-owned, US-based newspaper published on the Internet.…
U.S State Department says its “unfortunate error” mislabeled countries on map of Africa
A U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a State Department presentation at…
Gov. Alex Otti and an unfinished project. By Johnson Ihemeremadu | USAfrica
Special to USAfrica magazine (Houston) and USAfricaonline.com, the first Africa-owned, US-based newspaper published on the Internet.…
How Spain’s Giant Killers humiliated Messi’s Argentina at the 2026 World Cup final
Argentina has become the first team in World Cup final history to fail to score…
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U.S.: EPA Staff accuse Trump administration of undermining agency’s core mission
Nearly 300 current and former employees of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have issued a formal declaration of dissent,…
Peter Obi: I’m not desperate for power, just committed to fixing Nigeria
As discussions around Nigeria's evolving opposition coalition intensify, former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi has clarified that his…
Canada-U.S. trade talks back on after tax U-turn
Trade negotiations between Canada and the United States are back on track following Canada’s decision to withdraw its planned digital…
Democracy without Voters: The origin of Nigeria’s insecurity crisis. By Chidi Odinkalu
“On matters of security, the bulk (sic) stops at the President's table.” Bola Ahmed Tinubu April 2014 On 26 January 2009, the Mamman Bello Ali…
Obi slams Tinubu’s Saint Lucia, Brazil trips as another “Personal Vacation”
USAfricaonline.com, the first Africa-owned, US-based newspaper published on the Internet. Nigeria’s Labour Party (LP) former presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has…
African court dismisses Gbagbo’s challenge to presidential disqualification
Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo, who led Ivory Coast from 2000 until his ouster in 2011, had approached the African…
U.S.: Senate faces crucial test vote on Trump’s tax‑and‑spending package
The U.S. Senate is scheduled to take an initial procedural vote on President Trump’s so‑called “big, beautiful bill” on Saturday, but…
USAfrica: The myth of Igbo prosperity. By Chidi Amuta
A popular fiction has been normalized and consecrated into a national myth. Everybody believes it. No one questions a myth.…