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Mubarak’s wife, son prevented from boarding plane Special to USAfricaonline.com Cairo- Egyptian airport officials say authorities prevented the wife and son of ousted President Hosni Mubarak from flying out of the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh hours before authorities banned the Mubarak family from traveling abroad. The officials said Monday that Mubarak’s wife [...]
Mr. George may delude himself that he is a tsunami-triggering colossus. Who’s to blame an ex-convict who’s given a welcome worthy of a minor rock star? Why won’t good George bask when he’s about to resume his seat as a member of his party’s sanctum sanctorum, a man who shares a podium with Nigeria’s President Jonathan?
Tunisia’s prime minister resigns; pro-democracy protesters demand representation USAfricaonline.com: Tunisia Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi has, a few minutes ago today on Sunday February 27, 2011 announced his resignation amidst continued demonstrations and protests calling for a more representative government in the north African country. He said that, hopefully, “My resignation will provide a better atmosphere [...]
Chidi Nwosu’s human rights legacy and democracy in Nigeria By Daniel Elombah Special and Exclusive commentary for USAfrica, Nigeria360 e-group, IgboEvents & USAfricaonline.com USAfrica February 26, 2011: Until his brutal assassination on December 29, 2010, Chidi Nwosu served as founder and president of the Human Rights, Justice and Peace Foundation, based in Aba in Abia [...]
Embattled Gaddafi offers $400 “subsidy” (bribe) to every Libyan family as his grip on power weakens. USAfricaonline.com: The embattled regime of Muammar Gaddafi has offered to raise public sector wages to 150% in bid to keep power. Also, every family will receive about $400 to help cover increased food prices. These latest moves by [...]
18 persons killed near Jos’ christian villages; reprisal fears mount —— Special to USAfricaonline.com, CLASSmagazine, The Black Business Journal, USAfrica e-groupand Nigeria360@yahoogroups e-group ——- AFP: Jos, Nigeria — Twelve people were reported dead in an overnight attack on a central Nigerian village, the military said, in the latest outbreak of violence in the tense region near the city of [...]
I launched a lawsuit against the Libyans in Federal court only to see it quashed due to the Libyans diplomatic immunity. Imagine that. A terrorist-funding state that blows up airliners and kills its people in front of the world’s cameras can live tax-free in an American suburb, where there is no diplomatic interest, because of diplomatic immunity.
4 American Christian missionaries killed on hijacked yacht off Oman, near Somalia Special to USAfricaonline.com Four Americans who were aboard a yacht hijacked by pirates off Oman have been killed. They include Jean and Scot Adam from California and Phyllis MacKay and Bob Riggle from Washington state. They were Christian missionaries who travelled the world to [...]
Wiz Khalifa Black and Yellow Official Music Video aka African Remix Naija Boyz set as the Nigerian version of the American Soulja boy style Special to USAfricaonline.com, PhotoWorks.TV and CLASSmagazine, Houston
Why Nigeria’s Jonathan should not make a deal for Ibori By Okey Ndibe —— Special to USAfricaonline.com, CLASSmagazine, The Black Business Journal, USAfrica e-group and Nigeria360@yahoogroups e-group —— Mid-February 2011, SaharaReporters – which has emerged as Africa’s Wikileaks – reported that Mr. Jonathan Goodluck was “seeking a deal with the UK and United Arab Emirates (UAE) to allow former [...]
After 40-plus years of rule, Gadhafi uses lethal, bloody force to crush Libyan protests Special to USAfricaonline.com, CLASSmagazine, The Black Business Journal, USAfrica e-group and Nigeria360@yahoogroups e-group By Warren P. Strobel and Erika Bolstad. McClatchy: Of all the revolutions and attempted revolutions sweeping the Middle East, the one in Libya is the murkiest. It’s taking place in a police [...]
My mentors are Flora Nwapa, my Uncle Chinua and all those others that came before me. One of my favorite books is one I read recently ‘I do Not Come to You by Chance’ by Tricia Adaobi Nwaubani.
USAfrica & CLASSmagazine Profile Q&A: ‘Getting to the Top no matter what happened to you at the Bottom’ — the versatile ways of Okechukwu Ofili —— Special to USAfricaonline.com, CLASSmagazine, The Black Business Journal, USAfrica e-group and Nigeria360@yahoogroups e-group —— Author, mechanical engineer, graduate of the University of Houston, speaker and sketch artist now based in Nigeria, OKECHUKWU OFILI [...]
South Africa Police open fire on protesters following 3rd day of aggressive action Special to USAfrica multimedia networks, Houston. USAfricaonline.com,CLASSmagazine, The Black Business Journal, USAfrica e-group andNigeria360@yahoogroups e-group Police fired rubber bullets as protestors set alight tyres in a destitute South African township on Wednesday in a third day of demonstrations to demand jobs and improved services. [...]
One of Aderotimi’s friends, 20-year-old Theresa Gyamfi, identified Windslowe in a photo as the person who injected silicone into her and Aderotimi…. Gyamfi told police that she and Aderotimi came to the U.S. to meet a woman they knew as “Sasha.” Sasha arranged for the women to meet a woman who called herself Lillian Lang, who would perform the buttocks enhancements.
Gyamfi said that Windslowe, a.k.a. Lang, had performed a similar silicone injection treatment on her in November 2010
The protest was started by families of prisoners killed in a 1996 shooting in Tripoli’s Abu Salim prison demanding the release of their lawyer, Fethi Tarbel, the paper said.
Berlusconi whose stories with young women are legendary and notorious is said by the prosecutors to have paid for sex with the 17-year-old Moroccan girl in his villa outside Milan.
Soccer: Ghana kicked out of African Nations Championship with 3 losses Special to USAfricaonline.com Ghana’s home-based national team crashed out of the African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Sudan, scoring just a goal in the tournament under Coach Herbert Addo on Sunday, after losing 1-0 to lowly Niger. Shockingly, the local Black Stars who finished second [...]
Tunisia, Egypt . . . Is Nigeria next? By Prof. Rosaire Ifedi Special to USAfrica multimedia networks, Houston. USAfricaonline.com, CLASSmagazine, The Black Business Journal, USAfrica e-group and Nigeria360@yahoogroups e-group Congratulations to the people of Egypt on a successfully-executed and peaceful revolution from the closing days of January into February 2011. Those days certainly stand in [...]
EGYPT’s army sacks parliament; suspend constitution and will rule for 6 months until next elections Special to USAfricaonline.com The movement to absolute power by Egypt’s military leaders has led to their dissolving the parliament, one of the rubber stamps of the disgraced, former President Hosni Mubarak. The Supreme Council of Armed Forces also suspended the [...]
