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KILLINGS: Libya rebels said to be murdering Black African migrant workers Special to USAfricaonline.com Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (AP) — The chairman of the African Union says Libyan rebels may be indiscriminately killing black people in Libya because they have confused innocent migrant workers with mercenaries. Chairman Jean Ping told reporters Monday that this is one [...]
USAfrica: African Union bungles Libya crisis; refuses to recognize transition council. By Chido Nwangwu USAfrica, August 26, 2011: The African Union, the continent wide organization, has rejected the broad acceptance of Libyan rebels and the opposition forces who have uprooted the government of the mercurial leader Muammar Ghadafi. The leaders of the AU’s Peace [...]
Martin Luther King Jr: Why I believe The Prophet’s vision is valid into 21st century. By Chido Nwangwu, Founder & Publisher of USAfricaonline.com, first African-owned, U.S-based newspaper on the Internet. http://www.usafricaonline.com/2011/08/26/the-prophet-mlk-vision-chido-nwangwu-jan1999-tribute USAfrica, Jan 14, 1999: Amidst all the technological revolution in the United States and other dizzying [...]
The State of the Dream. By Raynard Jackson Special to USAfricaonline.com and CLASSmagazine, Houston. With all the attention being focused on the life and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. this week, I have been pondering what he would have to say about the state of his legacy. In the immortal words [...]
Anambra Gov. Obi is a rare gem; accusation of “hollow achievements” is misplaced. By Attorney Ken Okorie Special to USAfricaonline.com Okey Ndibe, a professor and reputed writer, should command serious attention each time he puts pen on paper. He missed his mark in his recent critique of the accomplishments of the Governor of Anambra State [...]
Bomb blast at Nigeria UN building; 7 killed Special to USAfricaonline.com By Akeem Oyetunji (AFP). Abuja: A bomb rocked the UN building in the Nigerian capital Abuja on Friday, killing a number of people, leaving others trapped and causing heavy damage, officials and witnesses said. Some witnesses reported that the bomb exploded after a suspect [...]
Toast to Ambassador Joy Ogwu’s many distinctions. By Dr. Chido Nwangwu Special to CLASSmagazine, USAfricaonline.com , PhotoWorks.TV and the USAfrica-powered e-groups of IgboEvents, AnambraPolitics,Nigeria360 and UNNalumni. USAfrica, Houston, August 22, 2011: Uche Joy Ogwu, distinguished Professor of international relations, diplomat, extraordinary daughter, wife, mother, grand-mother, role model, community builder and active global citizen is leaving, daily, marks of a productive life. I [...]
White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Gadhafi”days are numbered,” and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), respected for his foreign policy views, predicted on CBS’s “Face the Nation” Sunday that it was “a matter of hours if not days” until Gadhafi’s defeat.
Drug Trafficking: wife of South African minister’s sentenced to 10 yrs, fired from job Special to USAfricaonline.com AFP/Johannesburg: Sheryl Cwele, the wife of South Africa’s intelligence minister, was fired Tuesday from her senior municipal job after being sentenced to 12 years in jail for drug trafficking. “She has been dismissed as per the recommendation of [...]
Mr. Peter Obi’s undoing – apart from the aforementioned paucity of imagination – lies in his increasing confidence that propaganda is a substitute for solid governance and verifiable achievements….
With little to show for his years so far in office, the governor has taken to trumpeting and advertising hollow accomplishments. His signature “accomplishment” is the tarring of 500 kilometers of roads. Missing in that claim – assuming the accuracy of the figure – is the poor quality of the roads. Last June, I traveled on Ifite road in Awka, one of the most recently tarred roads, and an important traffic artery that leads to the state-owned university. Despite the recentness of its construction, the road was already filled with potholes.
10 killed in renewed violence near Jos. Special to USAfricaonline.com August 16, 2011: At least 10 people were killed in overnight attacks in northern Nigerian city of Jos, sparking protest as angry youths took to the roads in the area. The simultaneous killings which occurred last night were carried out in Heipang and Korut villages [...]
CLASSmagazine and USAfricaBOOKS Series on new Writers and Artistes • www.USAfricaonline.com QUEENKAY: MY WORLD. QueenKay Anadu-Amamgbo on new book, love and moving forward. Interview by Dr. Chido Nwangwu, Founder & Publisher, USAfrica & CLASSmagazine, Houston: Congratulations on your first book to be released in a few days, this August 2011. Please tell the [...]
Soccer: Nigeria beats England; reaches quarterfinals at U-20 World Cup By Jorge Rueda/AP Armenia, Colombia — Edafe Egbedi scored the second-half winner as Nigeria edged England 1-0 to advance to the quarterfinals of the Under-20 World Cup on Wednesday. Egbedi netted from inside the penalty area in the 52nd minute in front of nearly 20,000 [...]
Islamist militant groups such as the Shabab that control vast areas of Somalia have been killing aid workers and blocking hungry Somalis from either receiving donated food or escaping to Kenya where they could be fed with international aid.
Some 500,000 children are at risk of death in the coming weeks.
The death of every person due to denial of aid and to denial of the right to flee from famine is the equivalent of genocide….. U.S. officials simply dragged their feet — to our undying shame — claiming they needed to repaint armored cars from desert camouflage to jungle green. Might as well have painted them black for hearses.
Why Jonathan’s tenure elongation proposal is a misplacement of priorities. By Prof. Okey Ndibe Special to USAfricaonline.com and Nigeria360 e-group The kindest thing that can be said about Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan’s proposal to amend the constitution in order to enshrine a single term of six years for occupants of the presidency and governorship is that [...]
