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		<title>Memories of Genocide and Rwandan government&#8217;s abuse of authority. By Prof. Chi Mgbako</title>
		<link>http://www.usafricaonline.com/2010/07/21/genocide-rwanda-abuse-prof-chi-mgbako/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:28:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Protected: Utilizing experts in Nigerian governments: the examples of Nnaji and Egbogah</title>
		<link>http://www.usafricaonline.com/2010/06/22/nnaji-egbogah-kenokorie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Dora Akunyili, public service and path of honor</title>
		<link>http://www.usafricaonline.com/2010/03/05/akunyili-path-honor-nkeopar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sudan&#8217;s 2011 referendum: who&#8217;s afraid of freedom?</title>
		<link>http://www.usafricaonline.com/2010/02/17/sudan2010-referendum-hekweekwe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:51:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sudan&#8217;s 2011 referendum: who&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nigeria&#8217;s democracy, Anambra&#8217;s Governorship election: Winners, Losers and task ahead</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nigeria&#8217;s democracy, Anambra&#8217;s Governorship election: Winners, Losers and task ahead By Attorney Chris Aniedobe Edited version for USAfrica, USAfricaonline.com and CLASSmagazine (Houston) and IgboEvents USAfrica, Feb 8, 2010: I am satisfied that the re-election of Governor Peter Obi was, substantially, free and fair and does reflect the electoral wishes of the voters/citizens of Anambra State of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where&#8217;s the Pan-Africanist support needed through Haiti&#8217;s dark days?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Where&#8217;s the Pan-Africanist support needed through Haiti&#8217;s dark days?&#8221;,  asks USAfrica&#8217;s Chido Nwangwu Special to USAfrica and USAfricaonline.com As the efforts by the greater world community continue to tackle the crises following the hundreds of thousands of deaths and destruction from the January 2010 Haiti earthquake, a call has been made for more persons of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nigeria&#8217;s Anambra 2010 election, the key players and INEC&#8217;s challenge</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[USAfrica: The News &#38; Opinion Leader for Africans and Americans. By Dr. Ugorji O. Ugorji Special to USAfrica multimedia networks, Houston. USAfricaonline.com,  CLASSmagazine, The Black Business Journal,  Nigeria360@yahoogroups and IgboEvents e-group. There are several reasons why I think the south eastern Anambra State of Nigeria election for governor scheduled for February 6, 2010, will be exemplary in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Sanusi excusing Northern Nigeria&#8217;s failings and domination? By Ben Aduba</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sanusi's second point seems that to blame the North for Nigerian failings is futile because the British held down the North while allowing the South a free hand in education. The Northern leaders who led Nigeria such as Babangida were actually guided by southerners. Do not blame the North.]]></description>
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		<title>2010 Anambra elections: focus on INEC-PDP not on Gov. Obi-sponsored ASA-USA &#8220;inspection&#8221; Christmas trip</title>
		<link>http://www.usafricaonline.com/2009/12/11/anambra2010-asausatrip-kenokorie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[2010 Anambra elections: focus on INEC-PDP not on Gov. Obi-sponsored  ASA-USA &#8220;inspection&#8221; Christmas trip By Ken Kemnagum Okorie Special to USAfricaonline.com, CLASSmagazine, AnambraPolitics@yahoogroups.com, and IgboEvents e-group Houston, December 9, 2009: So much blood has boiled unnecessarily over whether or not a U.S-based Nigerian group, Anambra State Association-USA (ASA-USA), should accept sponsorship from Governor Peter Obi of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In memory of Nigeria&#8217;s anonymous President Yar’Adua and the devil himself, Obasanjo</title>
		<link>http://www.usafricaonline.com/2009/12/02/yaradua-obasanjo-rudolf2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In memory of Nigeria&#8217;s anonymous President Yar’Adua and the devil himself, Obasanjo. By Rudolf Okonkwo, USAfricaonline.com columnist and CLASSmagazine correspondent December 2, 2003: Just like you and I, Yar’Adua will die. Someday. I want to be the first to write his obituary. It is the greatest honor I can give to the man. Yar’Adua should be [...]]]></description>
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