Innovation in America, improving Medicine and the Economy. By Doug Schoen

Take green jobs. In the near future, alternative energy technologies — like wind turbines and nuclear power — could emerge as viable competitors to coal, oil, and natural gas. These industries will need plenty of workers.

Another sector that’s poised to take off is biotechnology. Between 2008 and 2009, the industry’s income jumped ninefold — from $400 million to $3.7 billion. The venture capital raised by American biotech companies hit $4.6 billion last year. And biotech firms themselves invested nearly $45 billion in U.S.-based research projects last year.

Should Mosque at Ground Zero focus on security over Obama’s constitutional points? USAfrica Debate

“Respecting the fact that President Barack Obama and the New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg must defend the constitution which they swore to do on taking office, but the question is which comes first in their line of defense, the constitution or the people? Or let us put it differently, if the constitution as the legal instrument of the state and the citizens come under attack at the same time, which should be saved first by these officials? The constitution is made to protect the wishes of the people in a democracy and not the people to protect the constitution to the detriment of their feelings and well-being.”

CNN International profiles work of USAfrica’s Chido Nwangwu

Influential U.S Congressman Hon. Al Green of the Homeland Security and Financial Services committee who has attended some of the USAfrica Best of Africa events in Houston notes that “Chido and the team at USAfrica really do a first-class job of promoting with class and deep knowledge, the interests of Africans and Americans. Chido’s a great credit to journalism and our communities.”

African Union peacekeepers killed by Somali insurgents

African Union peacekeepers killed by Somali insurgents. Somali insurgents killed two African Union peacekeepers from Uganda in fierce battles earlier the week, a spokesman for the AU mission in Somalia has said Friday. Peacekeepers from Uganda and Burundi are propping up Somalia’s weak Western-backed government as Islamist insurgent group al-Shabaab and its allies press for [...]

Memories of Genocide and Rwandan government’s abuse of authority. By Prof. Chi Mgbako

The Rwandan government uses charges of “genocidal ideology” and “ethnic divisionism” to attack independent critics and often seems more concerned with political survival than with lasting reconciliation, manipulating the memory of the genocide for political gain. For several years I visited Rwanda on human rights research and fact-finding trips and authored reports based on my fieldwork. This tiny, beautiful, ghost-filled country, where 800,000 people were slaughtered while the international community watched, has stayed with me.

Lessons of 2010 World Cup as Africa shines with South Africa’s outstanding hosting of championship

Whatever is said, by organising this tournament successfully, South Africa has done Africa proud on the first time of asking. We shall hold this dear for many moons to come….

President Jonathan, shut them down

President Jonathan, shut them down…. By CHIDO NWANGWU, Publisher of USAfrica, USAfricaonline.com and CLASSmagazine, Houston. On Wednesday July 7, 2010, Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan’s tangle with the world’s soccer governing body FIFA will see the rugged lines of global soccer cooperation, national sovereign claims and responsibilities intersect and clash, again. Jonathan’s swift hammer fell on [...]

Nigeria’s 2011 elections and realities facing INEC’s Attahiru Jega.

Nigeria’s 2011 elections and realities facing INEC’s Attahiru Jega. By Benjamin Aduba Special to USAfricaonline.com In a well written article published by Economic Confidential, a writer Law Mefor asks the question: Can Attahiru Jega Make the difference? Mefor answers the question tongue in cheek but says that if Mr. Jega took some steps he could [...]

Obama’s economic recovery solution requires revolutionary technological innovations. By Blaize Kaduru

By BLAIZE KADURU, Chief  Economist of USAfrica multimedia networks and CLASSmagazine, Houston. Houston, July 1, 2010: First of all, let me stipulate my main point: the Obama stimulus package is bound to fail if nothing profoundly new is developed from a technology stand-point, to take advantage of key areas of needs that can only be filled [...]

Protected: Utilizing experts in Nigerian governments: the examples of Nnaji and Egbogah

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Nigeria’s good luck President faces history with first, critical decision. By Chido Nwangwu

Nigeria’s good luck President faces history with first, critical decision. By CHIDO NWANGWU, Publisher of USAfrica,USAfricaonline.com and CLASSmagazine, Houston USAfrica, May 11, 2010: I believe that Goodluck Jonathan’s decision and pick of a new Vice President, unelected, will propel or imperil, considerably, his equally unelected, new presidency. In a few hours, he will move from [...]

Nigeria’s president Yar’Adua joins his ancestors….Goodbye, Yar’Adua

Nigeria’s president Yar’Adua joins his ancestors…. USAfrica and USAfricaonline.com correspondents in Nigeria can confirm that Nigeria’s severely ill president Umar Yar’Adua has died this night (May 5, 2010, around 9pm Nigerian time). The late president’s spokesperson has also officially confirmed the transition, adding Mrs. Yar’Adua was besides him. He will be buried Thursday. His illness [...]

Tertiary Education as qualification for Nigeria’s public offices has likelihood of scandal

Tertiary Education as qualification for Nigeria’s public offices has likelihood of scandal By Ken Okorie Special to USAfrica, USAfricaonline.com and Nigeria360 e-group “So, sections 65, 131 and 177 dealing with qualifications for election as President, Vice President, Governors, Deputy governors and members of the National Assembly have been altered and raised to a minimum of [...]

American middle-class, citizens are casualties of this partisan war on Healthcare 

American middle-class, citizens are casualties of this partisan war on Healthcare By Rev. Nick Clayton Special to USAfricaonline.com and CLASSmagazine The most heated issue in The U.S. Congress and the U.S. Senate these days can easily be determined by the least most politically intelligent members of our society.  It’s no secret that the Healthcare Reform [...]

In the likeness of Obama, Donald Duke’s message of change connects with Nigerians at home, abroad. By Chido Nwangwu

In the likeness of Obama, Donald Duke’s message of change connects with Nigerians at home and abroad. By Chido Nwangwu, USAfricaonline.com http://www.USAfricaonline.com/donaldduke-obama-nigeria-chido USAfrica, March 10, 2010: Donald Duke, the charismatic former Governor of the Cross River State of Nigeria, will speak in the 4th largest city in the U.S., Houston, Texas, on Friday March 12, [...]

Dora Akunyili, public service and path of honor

Dora Akunyili, public service and path of honor By Nkem Ekeopara Exclusive commentary for USAfricaonline.com and CLASSmagazine, Houston. I do not give credit easily to public officers, especially the type we have in Nigeria for the obvious reason that only a handful take public office  to serve the common good. Our unfortunate experience is that [...]

Obama health care summit reveals why he should not count on Republicans

As Frank Annunzio, a shrewd former Democratic member of Congress from Chicago – reflecting on how Congress really works – once observed: “All the matters here is the votes. Everything else is [baloney].”

Right now, Obama and the Democrats should be concerning themselves solely with cobbling together bare majorities in both houses to achieve final passage.

Welcome, and Goodbye to Nigeria’s President Yar’Adua. By Chido Nwangwu

Nigerians are moving on, with casual regard for the mysterious presidency of the indisposed Yar’Adua and the man who imposed him and his VP Goodluck Jonathan on Nigeria in 2007, the retired General and former president Olusegun Obasanjo. The truth of the matter is that Nigerians are sick and tired of subjecting our youth and children to compete and struggle for the same political positions with their grand-fathers…. the demands of Nigerians for a responsible and responsive government will not quieten with the return from Saudi Arabia (after 100 days) of the unwilling president of Nigeria ‘Baba Go-Slow’ Umar Yar’Adua. Nigerians say welcome, and goodbye….

Niger’s unpopular President and the military coup makers of 2010. By Chido Nwangwu

Into 2010 in Niger, whether the military coup succeeds or not, Tandja’s age and relevance to Niger’s future and representative democracy are dim and out. In one of his most controversial moves, after more than 10 years in office as commander-in-chief and president, he extended his rule via an unfair referendum in August 2009. The conflicts and rumbles within and outside the military grew….

A few months following the twisted referendum, he dissolved the Nigerien national assembly/parliament and the country’s court for constitutional issues. Soon after, in October 2009, he rail-roaded a parliamentary election which was widely condemned by African countries, the U.S., European countries and donor agencies who for almost 50 years have supported the needs of the poor country which shares borders with Nigeria’s northern region.

Sudan’s 2011 referendum: who’s afraid of freedom?

Sudan’s 2011 referendum: who’s afraid of freedom? By Prof. Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe Special to USAfricaonline.com and CLASSmagazine, Houston Jean Ping, the chair of the Addis Ababa-based Commission of the Africa Union, recently criticised the likely outcome of next year’s referendum by the people of south Sudan on the restoration of their independence. Ping told a French [...]