|
 Africa
suffers the scourge of the virus.
This life and pain of Kgomotso Mahlangu, a
five-month-old AIDS patient (above) in a hospital in the
Kalafong township near Pretoria, South Africa, on October
26, 1999, brings a certain, frightening reality to the
sweeping and devastating destruction of human beings who
form the core of any definition of a country's future, its
national security, actual and potential economic development
and internal markets. By Chido
Nwangwu
22 million Africans HIV-infected, ill
with AIDS
while African leaders
ignore disaster-in-waiting
Mandela,
Clinton speak on AIDS crises.
 U.S.
former president Bill Clinton embraced South Africa's former
president Nelson Mandela to wild cheers at the world AIDS
conference Friday July 12, 2002, and declared that the
battle against AIDS must be won. "One hundred million AIDS
cases means more terror, more mercenaries, more war,
destruction, and the failure of fragile democracies,''
Clinton said at the close of the 14th International AIDS
Conference, the largest held since the meetings began in
1985. The former U.S. and South African presidents told
15,000 scientists, care workers and activists that
determination and billions of dollars for prevention and
treatment programs were needed to halt the global spread of
HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. "AIDS is a war against
humanity,'' said Mandela, who walked onstage supported by a
cane and warmly embraced Clinton. Mandela said AIDS is
claiming more victims ``than all wars and natural
disasters'' and cited the United Nations' warning that 70
million people could die in the next 20 years "unless
drastic action is taken.'' AP
Why Colin Powell
brings gravitas, credibility and star power to Bush
presidency.
 AFRICA
AND THE U.S. ELECTIONS
Beyond U.S.
electoral shenanigans, rewards and dynamics of a democratic
republic hold
lessons
for
African politics.
 CONTINENTAL
AGENDA
Bush's position on
Africa
is "ill-advised."
The position
stated by Republican presidential aspirant and Governor of
Texas, George Bush where  he
said that "Africa will not be an area of priority" in his
presidency has been questioned by
USAfricaonline.com Publisher Chido
Nwangwu. He added that Bush's "pre-election position was
neither validated by the economic exchanges nor
geo-strategic interests of our two continents."
These views were
stated during an interview CNN's anchor Bernard Shaw and
senior analyst Jeff Greenfield had with Mr. Nwangwu on
Saturday November 18, 2000 during a special edition of
'Inside Politics 2000.'
Nwangwu,
adviser to the Mayor of Houston (the 4th largest city in the
U.S., and immigrant home to thousands of Africans) argued
further that "the issues of the heritage interests of 35
million African-Americans in Africa, the volume and value of
oil business between between the U.S and Nigeria and the
horrendous AIDS crisis in Africa do not lend any basis for
Governor Bush's ill-advised
position which
removes Africa from fair consideration" were he to be
elected president.
By Al Johnson
Osama
bin-Laden's goons threaten Nigeria and
 Africa's
stability
What
has Africa
to do with September 11
terror?
Africans
reported
dead
in terrorist
attack at
WTC
September
11
terror and
the ghost of things to
come....
Will
religious conflicts be the time-bomb
for Nigeria's latest transition to civilian rule?
Conflicting
emotions, feeling of disappointment, timing of revelation
that Rev. Jackson fathered a child with former aide lead to
charges of "right-wing
orchestration."
THE
FIRST
BLACK
POPE?
To our Brother Cardinal
Arinze: May your pastoral lineage endure!
Nigeria's
Presidential Election: Is it just for the Highest
Bidder?
Wong is wrong on Blacks in
Houston city jobs
Why is 4-year old Onyedika
carrying a placard against killings
in Nigeria?
How Nigeria's Islamic
Sharia crises
will affect the U.S.
NEWS
INVESTIGATION
Married White woman
confesses to having sexual relations with arrested
Nigerian-born, U.S.based Catholic priest Ike
Udegbulem.....
The unfolding criminal, legal and religio-social dimensions
following the allegations of rape and sodomy made by a lady
parishioner at Our Lady of Charity Roman Catholic Church in
Bedford-Stuyvesant (New York) against former Catholic priest
of Nigerian-descent, Ike Cyriacus Udegbulem, are taking more
complicated, messy turns and twists. USAfricaonline.com
and Houston-based USAfrica The Newspaper can confirm
that a mother of two who is the wife of a man whose family
has been providing most of the financial and operational
needs of Udegbulem has confessed to being not only a
provider of material needs but the sexual
lover of the randy priest who hails from Ihioma, in Orlu
Imo State of Nigeria. They all live in the city of Laredo,
Texas. Special reports and news investigation by Chido
Nwangwu
USAfrica INTERVIEW
"Why
African
Catholics are
concerned about crises,
sex abuse issues in our
church" - a frank
chat with ICCO's Mike Umeorah
Why Bush should focus on
dangers
facing Nigeria's return
to democracy
and Obasanjo's slipperyslide
DEMOCRACY'S
WARRIOR
Out
of Africa.
…The
cock that crows in the morning belongs to one household but
his voice is the property of the neighborhood. -- Chinua
Achebe, Anthills of the Savannah. An editor carries on
his crusade against public corruption and press
censorship
in his native Nigeria and other African countries. By
John Suval.
Should Africa debates begin and end
at
The
New York Times and
The
Washington Post?
No
Johnnie Cochran
will soon learn that defending Abacha's
loot is not as simple as his O.J Simpson's
case.
By Chido Nwangwu
The Economics of Elections
in Nigeria
HUMAN
RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY
How far, how deep will Nigeria's human rights
commission go?
Rtd. Gen. Babangida trip as
emissary for Nigeria's Obasanjo to Sudan raises curiosity,
questions about what next in power
play?
COUNTERPOINT
'Why is
Bill Maher spreading racist nonsense about
HIV/AIDS
and Africa
on ABC?
USAfricaonline
LITERATURE
As Chinua
Achebe
turned 70, Africa's preeeminent statesman Nelson
Mandela, Toni Morrison, Wole Soyinka, Ali Mazrui, Leon
Botstein (president of Bard College), Ojo Maduekwe, Emmanuel
Obiechina, Ngugi wa Thinong'o, Micere Mugo, Michael
Thelwell, Niyi Osundare, and an army of some of the world's
leading writers and arts scholars joined to pay tribute to
him at Bard College in New York. (Achebe is in pix
with Morrison). Meanwhile, the Nobel committee has,
again, chosen a relatively less known (globally-speaking)
Chinese novelist, Gao Xingjian, rather than Achebe for the
Literature prize. Achebe was seen as a top favorite for the
2000 award. What the Swedish  Nobel
committee will not give, Achebe has, for well over 30 years,
won in the hearts of millions in 53 languages. By Chido
Nwangwu
Literary giant Chinua
Achebe
returns "home" from
U.S., to love and adulation of community
Hate
groups' spin
by Lamar Alexander
benefits anti-Blacks, anti-Semites, and racists
Annan,
power and burden of the U.N
The
Civilianizing of African soldiers
into
Presidents
At
39,
Nigerians
still face dishonest
stereotypes such as Buckley's, and other self-inflicted
wounds.
JFK
Jr.: Death of a Good
Son
'Why is Bill
Maher spreading racist nonsense about HIV/AIDS
and Africa
on ABC?
National Summit
on Africa, Congresswoman Jackson-Lee hold policy forum in
Houston
'100 Black Men are solutions-oriented' says Thomas Dortch,
Jr., Richard Johnson and Nick Clayton II as they share
perspectives with USAfrica's founder on the national
organization.
ARTS
The Life
and Irreverent times of Afrobeat
superstar,
FELA
 TRIBUTE
Tanzania's founding
president Julius Nyerere
|
Nnamdi
Azikiwe:
Statesman, Intellectual and Titan of African
politics
|
SOCCER
FIFA chief promises Africa will host 2010
World Cup, if...
Sepp Blatter, president of the world's soccer governing
body, FIFA, has promised to lobby and make possible that the
continent hosts the championship for the first time
if he is re-elected as FIFA president. Blatter's
backers say he has the support of almost 105 of the 204
member associations in FIFA. USAfricaonline.com affirms that
the African continent has a huge soccer following and
enthusiasts and stars who play for the leading teams all
over the world. Also, some of the very exciting teams such
as Cameroons, Ghana and Nigeria have made international
soccer a more popular sport. By Chido Nwangwu
|
USAfricaonline.com
has been listed
among the world's leading web sites by the international
newspaper, USAToday.
Private initiative,
free
market forces, and more
democratization
are keys to prosperity in Africa.
The
Civilianizing of African soldiers
into
Presidents
Why Dr.
Martin Luther King's vision
is valid into the 21st century
DIPLOMACY
Walter
Carrington:
An African-American diplomat puts principles above self for
Nigeria 
USAfricaonline.com
Founder Chido Nwangwu with the U.S. former Ambassador
Carrington (right) at the U.S. embassy in Lagos during a
courtesy visit.
RELIGION
AND ETHNIC CONFLICT
Sharia-related
killings and carnage in Kaduna reenact deadly prologue to
Nigeria-Biafra war
of
1967.
Martin Luther
King's
legacy,
Jews and Black History Month. By Chido Nwangwu
INSIGHT: How
Obasanjo's
self-succession
charade
at his Ota Farm has
turned Nigeria to an
'Animal
Farm.'
By Prof. Mobolaji
Aluko
Obasanjo's
'prayers' and the
Abacha path of staying in power. By Nkem
Ekeopara
Is
Obasanjo ordained by God to rule
Nigeria? And, other
fallacies. By Prof. Sola
Adeyeye
Steve Jobs and Apple represent the
future of digital
living. By Chido Nwangwu
Apple announces Titanium, "killer
apps" and other
ground-breaking products. iTunes makes a record 500,000
downloads.
 INSIGHT
A KING FOR
ALL TIMES:
Why Martin Luther King's
legacy
and vision are relevant into 21st 21st
century.
The coup in
Cote d'Ivoire and its implications for democracy
in Africa. By Chido Nwangwu
(Related
commentary) Coup
in Cote d'Ivoire has been in the waiting.
By Tom Kamara
Nigerian
stabbed
to death
in his bathroom in Houston.
DEMOCRACY'S
WARRIOR
Out of
Africa.
…The
cock that crows in the morning belongs to one household but
his voice is the property of the neighborhood. -- Chinua
Achebe, Anthills of the Savannah. An editor carries on
his crusade against public corruption and press
censorship
in his native Nigeria and other African countries. By
John Suval.
Biafra-Nigeria
war
and history
get fresh, critical look from a
survivor.
By Alverna
Johnson and Vivian Okeke.
'Biafra: History
Without Mercy' - a preliminary note.
By Chido Nwangwu
ODUMEGWU EMEKA OJUKWU:"It
was simply a choice between Biafra and enslavement! And,
here's why we chose Biafra"
Biafra:
From Boys to Men. By Dr. M.O. Ene
Johnnie Cochran
will soon learn that defending Abacha's
loot is not as simple as his O.J Simpson's
case.
By Chido Nwangwu
Should Africa debates begin
and end at
The
New York Times and
The
Washington Post?
No
Nelson
Mandela, Tribute to the
world's political superstar and Lion of
Africa
Why
Dr.
Martin Luther King's vision
is valid into the 21st
century
Nelson
Mandela, Tribute to the
world's political superstar and Lion of
Africa
USAfrica FORUM:
IN THE HOUSE OF MANDELA:
A SILLY CRY FOR REPARATIONS
By Prof. Chimalum Nwankwo
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's
burden
mounts with murder charges, trials
Why Chinua
Achebe, the Eagle on
the Iroko, is Africa's writer of the century.
By Chido Nwangwu
HUMAN
RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY
How far, how deep will Nigeria's human rights
commission go?
Rtd. Gen. Babangida trip as
emissary for Nigeria's Obasanjo to Sudan raises curiosity,
questions about what next in power
play?
110 minutes
with Hakeem Olajuwon
Cheryl
Mills' first class defense of Clinton and her detractors
game
It's wrong
to stereotype Nigerians as Drug
Dealers
|
Seriously,
is your web site a Turkey, too? Get
Solutions
|
Nigeria: a
nation of Vulcanizers
PetroGasWorks
Shell picks Leslie
Mays
as VP Global Diversity
EndGame in
Kinshasa: U.S must boot Mobutu for own interest, future of
Zaire
and
Africa
Nigeria as a Nation of Vulcanizers
Community Service Awards bring African-American, American
policy
and business leaders together with African
community at Texas Southern University
110 minutes
with Hakeem Olajuwon
Cheryl
Mills' first class defense of Clinton and her detractors'
game
Will the rash of Ethnic
Violence
disrupt
Nigeria's effort at Democracy?
Arafat's
duplicity, terrorism at the heart of
Israeli-Palestinian crises. By Barry Rubin
Nigerian
stabbed
to death
in his bathroom in Houston.
Nigeria at 40: punish financial thuggery,
build
domestic infrastructure
Is Obasanjo really up to
Nigeria's challenge and crises?
By USAfricaonline.com
contributing editor Ken Okorie. Commentary
appears from NigeriaCentral.com
BULLET
Versus BALLOT
The bloody stain of military
coup, on Friday December 24, 1999, sullied the once unique
history of democratic rule in the beautiful and historically
democratic, French-speaking west African country of Cote
d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) by General Robert Guei (inset).
USAfricaonline
report
and
commentary.
COMMUNITY
INTEREST
 Why
the revisionist forces of racist oppression in South Africa
should not
be allowed to
intimidate Ron and Charlayne Gault.
SOUTH
AFRICA
Nigeria, Cry My Beloved Country
|
Index of other Viewpoints
USAfricaonline contributors and columnists on the
issues
|
BUSINESS
Dr. Anaebonam's
strategic vision for BREEJ
is a model for business excellence and empowerment.
Pope John Paul, Abacha and Nigeria's
Christians
TRANSITION
General Tunde
Idiagbon:
A nationalist, an iron-surgeon departs
Abiola's sudden death and the ghost of things
to come
Gen. Shehu
Musa
Yar'Adua's prison death, Nigeria and The Ghost of Things to
come .....
Soni Egwuatu,
Houston businessman, joins his ancestors
|
of
our friend and brother, Houston-based Pan Africanist, scholar Lorenza
"Jelani" Williams who worked tirelessly to foster pan-Africanism in
Texas, and beyond. His work with the Taseti African Studies group in
Houston will always be remembered. My his tireless soul rest in
peace! And, may God protect and guide his family!! Goodbye dear
friend and brother!!!
Chido Nwangwu, Founder/Publisher,
USAfrica Media Networks