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The decision to negotiate with the sect is almost sure to be controversial.
Many people have argued against such a move, objecting in particular to any suggestion the Islamists be given an amnesty similar to that provided to militants in the oil-producing Niger Delta.
Jonathan appointed the panel after meeting with leaders from the mainly Muslim north earlier this month, the statement said.
“We seek to further define Africa through Dance4Africa” – USAfrica & CLASSmagazine Profile Q&A with GEORGE UKOMADU, CEO of The Afropolitan Experience. He is leading the group’s effort to host a unique and progressive social-cultural event in Houston called Dance4Africa the weekend of July 30, 2011. Here are excerpts of his thoughts on the group’s goals, motivation [...]
While the tenure elongation project is still developing, Jonathan and his handlers have a lot to learn from the recent experience of Obasanjo, the man who picked him to serve as Yar’Adua’s vice President. Indeed, the tenure elongation project left an indelible stain, sour note and mark of ill-repute on the presidency and legacy of the hard-charging former President Obasanjo. But Goodluck insists he’s well-meaning. His critics argue to the contrary while Nigerians, largely, watch and observe and….
East Africa Famine and Catastrophe in Somalia. By Clemens Höges and Horand Knaup Aid workers have long been warning that a famine was approaching in East Africa. Now that it is here, they are struggling to feed millions of victims of what is said to be the worst drought since 1950. The situation is likely to [...]
Guinea’s President survives attack at his home AP/CONAKRY, Guinea—Guinea’s democratically elected president survived an assassination attempt early Tuesday when gunmen descended on his home, an attack that throws into doubt the political stability of this mineral-rich country with a history of coups. President Alpha Condé later addressed the nation on state radio, saying that his [...]
Egypt’s former dictator falls into coma; ahead of August 3 trial Special to USAfricaonline.com Reuters/July 17, 2011. Cairo: Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, hospitalized since April and due to stand trial in August, is in a coma, his lawyer said on Sunday, although state television said the hospital director had denied the report. Another medical source [...]
Africa’s newest nation emerges as South Sudan overcomes Special to USAfricaonline.com July 8, 2011, Juba: South Sudan became the world’s newest country early Saturday, officially breaking away from Sudan after two civil wars over five decades that cost the lives of at least two million people. Residents of the new Republic of South Sudan danced [...]
Special to USAfricaonline.com Khartoum: Armina Yakub was born in Khartoum and raised her children there, but when they finish their exams, she will join a mass migration and return with them to their newly independent ancestral homeland. “I am leaving for the south. All my relatives have already left,” the 32-year-old told AFP as [...]
INSECURITY: Bomb blast hits Nigerian military checkpoint; radical Islamists suspected By Aminu Abubakar (AFP) KANO, Nigeria — Three soldiers were injured on Wednesday when a bomb hit a military checkpoint in the troubled northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri where attacks by suspected Islamist radicals have killed dozens, the army said. The blast occurred early morning [...]
On music, acting and as wife, Christy Essien Igbokwe lived her dreams…. By Emma Agu Special to USAfricaonline.com and CLASSmagazine, Houston The multi-talented artiste Christy Essien Igbokwe — popularly called Nigeria’s Lady of Songs — did not allow gender stereotype and myopic views of her native folks back in the early 1970s and 1980s, who [...]
A Tribute to Justice Aniagolu and other intellectual giants who influenced me By Atty. Ken Okorie Special to USAfricaonline.com Indeed a mighty Iroko has fallen, a truly big one at that! Justice Anthony Aniogolu, a retired Supreme Court Justice of Nigeria, was one of the inspirations to my choice of law for a career. He died [...]
After Obama’s tweeted as shot dead on FOXNews hacked account, web security and government officials face crises. By Chido Nwangwu. http://twitter.com/chido247 Special to USAfrica, Houston Web security, policy and technology experts, according to USAfricaonline.com contacts, are very worried by the increasing hostile and fraudulent manipulation and hacking of web sites. Washington DC and other major capitals [...]
