Senegal opposition marches against 85-year-old president Wade’s 3rd term bid.
Special to USAfricaonline.com, the USAfrica-powered e-groups of Nigeria360, IgboEvents, UNNalumni, and CLASSmagazine Houston. Dakar: Thousands of Senegalese opposition supporters on Tuesday marched through central Dakar to ratchet up the pressure for President Abdoulaye Wade to abandon his bid for a controversial third term in office.
The 85-year-old president’s camp planned to strike [...]
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Under a volley of rocks and stones, ambulances ferried the injured out of Al-Arbaeen Square in the centre of the city at the opposite end of the Suez Canal from Port Said where Wednesday night’s stadium deaths enraged the nation.
The clashes between fans of home team Al-Masry and Cairo’s Al-Ahly marked one of the deadliest incidents in football history, and came amid claims by witnesses the security forces did little to prevent the rioting.
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Or, looked at from another perspective, the building doesn’t need to symbolize anything further than its existence, wherein it becomes a staggeringly articulate representation of Africa’s greatest skill: begging.
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Mali becomes first African country to take in convicted war criminals Special to USAfricaonline.com The west African republic of Mali has become the first African country to accept the role of taking in prisoners convicted and sentenced by the International Criminal Court (ICC). The agreement was signed in Mali’s capital of Bamako by Judge Fatoumata [...]
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Tunisians celebrate 1st anniversary of forcing dictator Ben Ali to run away Special to USAfricaonline.com: Hundreds of Tunisians have turned out in central Tunis to demand jobs and dignity as the north African country marked a year to the day since its despot Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled into exile. “Work, freedom and dignity,” [...]
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Mandela’s ANC turns 100; South Africans celebrate with mixed feelings By Ludger Schadomsky Special to USAfricaonline.com, the USAfrica-powered e-groups of Nigeria360, UNNalumni, and CLASSmagazine Houston DW-de: ‘A better life for all’ was the African National Congress’s slogan at South Africa’s first democratic elections in 1994, when the whites-only National Party was swept from power. That slogan now has a [...]
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Boko Haram suspected as 20 Igbos “targeted”, shot to death in northern Nigeria city of Mubi Special to USAfricaonline.com, the USAfrica-powered e-groups of Nigeria360, UNNalumni, and CLASSmagazine Houston In another brazen move to fuel ethnic and religious conflicts in Nigeria, as agitated for and executed by factions of the radical, violent Islamist sect Boko Haram, some masked Nigerian gunmen on [...]
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In continuing its frontal confrontation and disregard for the authority of President Goodluck Jonathan over the control and upkeep of law and order in Nigeria, the radical and violent Islamic group Boko Haram has expanded the scope of their threat by stating through a man, Abul Qaqa, widely cited as its chief spokesman: “We are also giving a three-day ultimatum to the southerners living in the northern part of Nigeria to move away.”
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The President said that “I have in the exercise in the powers conferred on me … declared a state of emergency in the following parts of the federation…. Terrorism is a war against all of us. I call on all Nigerians to join hands with government to fight these terrorists.”
Christmas Day church bombing, attacks in Nigeria kill 28; Boko Haram says it did it; and attacks in Jos; tension mounts. Special to USAfricaonline.com, the USAfrica-powered e-groups of Nigeria360, UNNalumni, CLASSmagazine By Ola Awoniyi (AFP): Bomb attacks on churches during Christmas services, including one outside the capital, have killed at least 28 people in Nigeria amid spiralling violence claimed [...]
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Violence, deaths over Congo elections force delay of official results Special to USAfricaonline.com December 7, 2012: The Democratic Republic of Congo’s election commission postponed declaring the winner of last week’s polls amid fears the result could lead to new violence as protests erupted worldwide. The conflict-prone country has been on high alert while it awaits [...]
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Nigerian gunmen kill groom, guest at wedding. Special to USAfricaonline.com, the USAfrica-powered e-groups of Nigeria360 and UNNalumni, CLASSmagazine and PhotoWorks.TV AFP, Kano: Gunmen on Saturday December 3, 2011 opened fire on a wedding in the restive northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, killing the groom and a guest, an army spokesman said, as quoted by AFP. “Some gunmen who are yet to be [...]
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Odumegwu Ojukwu is dead; Long live Ojukwu; millions mourn USAfricaonline.com: Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, former President and Commander-in-Chief of the defunct Republic of Biafra (1967-1970) — out of eastern Nigeria — has died in a London hospital today, Saturday November 26, 2011. He passed on after a long battle with eye problems which were complicated [...]
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On Libya: Republican embattled frontrunner Cain’s rambling response adds to his problems of inadequate knowledge. Special to USAfricaonline.com AFP/Chicago: Republican White House hopeful Herman Cain stumbled badly on Monday (November 14, 2011) in responding to a basic question on Libya, casting further doubt on his ability to revive an embattled campaign. A five-minute video of [...]
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Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf wins a controversial, boycotted run-off election Special to USAfricaonline.com LIBERIA’S President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, has been confirmed as the winner of a controversial run-off poll boycotted by the opposition, with only 37.4 per cent voter turnout. The National Elections Commission chairperson chair Elizabeth Nelson said that with results tallied from [...]
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al-Mahmoudi is accused by the Libyan authorities of having ordered “illegal transactions” in 2006, and of having “incited rapes of women” in the last days of the Gadhafi regime.
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Terror: Kenya gets hit by 2nd explosion; 15 injured, 1 dead Special to USAfricaonline.com NAIROBI, Kenya — Witnesses say a second explosion has gone off in downtown Nairobi, and an Associated Press reporter at the scene says he can see at least one dead body. The blast happened Monday evening near a bus stop where [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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.
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