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Ivory Coast: African mediators leave without breakthrough; Gbagbo hangs tough despite threats of force… Special to USAfricaonline.com By Christopher Koffi, Abidjan (AFP) – African mediators left Ivory Coast without a breakthrough in the west African nation’s presidential vote crisis after the man the world says won, Alassane Ouattara, said discussions were over. The four African [...]
Another Nigerian government official killed…. Special to USAfrica multimedia networks www.USAfricaonline.com The Nigerian police commissioner in charge of Bauchi State Danlami Yar’Adua has said today Saturday, October 23, 2010 that 2 gunmen (believed to be members of the radical, al-Qaeda leaning Muslim sect in Nigeria known as Boko Haram) have killed a local government official [...]
If 13 “policemen in uniform could not protect themselves, what will be the fate of the ordinary people?” asked Borno state Gov. Ali Modu Sheriff. “And that is why we brought the army to assist the police.”
“If you think about it, back in the 1960s, when your grandparents, great-grandparents, were fighting for independence, the first leaders, they all said that they were for democracy,” Obama — the first African-American US president — said at the gathering on Africa’s next half century.
Obama to hold forum with African youth from August 3-5, 2010 in Washington DC Special to USAfrica, and CLASSmagazine Houston. By Chido Nwangwu, USAfricaonline.com. A group of 100 young African leaders, mainly from the private sector and civil society, will be hosted by the U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington DC as part of the [...]
Burundi’s incumbent President wins flawed, one-man presidential election with landslide Special to USAfricaonline.com and CLASSmagazine The Burundian National Electoral Commission on Wednesday evening said the country’s current President Pierre Nkurunziza who was the only candidate in the race won the presidential election with an overwhelming majority of votes accounting for 92.62 percent. Speaking in front [...]
Accusations of election fraud emerged in Guineaon Tuesday, a day before the crucial release of preliminary results in the country’s first democratic vote since independence. Sunday’s peaceful election was praised by the international community, who urged vigilance and calm as results are released and the country prepares to close the door on half a century of [...]
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, [...]
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….
With Yar’Adua out of sight and reach since Feb 24 return, confusion continues in the presidency. Special to USAfricaonline.com and CLASSmagazine Umaru Yar’Adua’s unexpected return to Nigeria while still too ill to resume office has undermined the acting president and sown further confusion in the government, analysts say. “We are just creating a bundle of confusion [...]
Nigeria’s indisposed 58 years-old President Umaru Yar’Adua, apparently, has returned to Abuja a few minutes ago into the wee early hours of Wednesday (Nigeria), after 90+ days in a Saudi Arabian hospital undergoing treatment for a heart condition and other complications….. more info, breaking on www.USAfricaonline.com THE AUTHORITATIVE LINK. wireLess: 832-45-CHIDO (24436)
“I saw him the day before yesterday … He’s really feeling better now,” Nigeria’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Aminchi told AFP.
Aminchi confirmed that a delegation of senior legislators were not allowed to see Yar’Adua earlier this month despite coming to Jeddah on a mission to gauge the health of the 58-year-old president, who checked into King Faisal Specialist Hospital on November 23 for an acute heart condition.
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.
After three coups hit Niger between 1974 and 1999, Tandja twice won votes deemed fair. But in the waning months of his final term, critics say he went down the path of many long-serving African despots, breaking a promise he had frequently made to step down when his term expired in December. Opposition leaders say Tandja morphed from democrat to dictator over the course of several months last year. In May 2009, he dissolved the national assembly because it opposed his plan to hold a referendum removing term limits.
A group of Nigerian lawmakers who tried to visit Yar’Adua (in Saudi Arabia) to determine his state of health returned at the weekend after five days without seeing him.
Presidential voting postponed; Togo’s main opposition quits elections commission, calls it “electoral masquerade” Special to USAfricaonline.com Togo’s main opposition party said Saturday it had quit the commission organising presidential elections next month (March 2010). The Union of Forces for Change said in a statement that it did not want to be associated with an “electoral [...]
“The events of the recent past have put to the test our collective resolve as a democratic nation…. We have all shown that our unity as a people, our love for this country, and our hope for its great future cannot be shaken”, said VP Jonathan in a tv address to Nigerians,
Nigeria’s ill president Yar’Adua to “hand-over power” to VP, after 70 days of Nigerians pondering his whereabouts and constitutional succession questions Special to USAfricaonline.com and Nigeria360 e-group Lagos, Nigeria, Feb. 6 (UPI) — Ailing Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua will hand over power to his vice president, the BBC reported Saturday. The British broadcaster said the president’s [...]
Abutu’s ruling is that: “There is no mandatory requirement for the president to make a transmission to the leadership of the National Assembly before proceeding on vacation or on treatment outside Nigeria.. The functions of the office of the president cannot be held in abeyance on account of the omission of the president to transmit a written declaration.”
Thousands flee as refugees in middle belt of Nigeria after violence kills 220; soldiers on streets Special to USAfricaonline.com By Jon Gambrell (CP): JOS, Nigeria — Soldiers with machine-guns patrolled the streets of Jos and charred bodies lay in the streets Wednesday following days of religious violence between Christians and Muslims in central Nigeria that killed [...]
