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10 killed as Egyptian soldiers bring the hammer down on democracy activists; new clashes rock Cairo. By Samer al-Atrush (AFP reporter in Cairo) — Violence raged in the administrative heart of Egypt’s capital on Saturday as troops and police deployed in force after clashes with protesters against continued military rule left 10 people dead. Smoke billowed [...]
48 killed; 3500 injured as Egypt’s Police, military crackdown violently on activists, protesters at Tahrir Square Special to USAfricaonline.com Egyptian protesters streamed into Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Sunday after a night of deadly clashes that signalled the start of a violent countdown to the first polls since Hosni Mubarak’s ouster. A tear gas canister lands [...]
Nudity is strongly frowned upon in Egyptian society, even as an art form. Elmahdy’s posting is almost unheard of in a country where most women in the Muslim majority wear the headscarf and even those who don’t rarely wear clothes exposing the arms or legs in public.
Political rally bound home-made bombs seized from radical Islamists in Nigeria. Special to USAfricaonline.com AFP: Police in northern Nigeria on Tuesday March 29, 2011, discovered two home-made bombs in a car carrying three suspected Islamists heading for a political rally ahead of general elections. Police suspect the target of the bombs was a political meeting [...]
President Jonathan to appoint “terrorism adviser”, as insecurity, violence mount in Nigeria Special to USAfricaonline.com and USAfrica multimedia networks, Houston. USAfrica, January 3, 2011: With the rise in insecurity across the regions of Nigeria especially the terroristic attacks by radical groups in the country’s capital Abuja, Jos, Maiduguri, Niger Delta, and varied religious-political terror, Nigeria’s [...]
Pope Benedict XVI condemns attacks on churches in Nigeria; calls it “absurd violence” Special to USAfricaonline.com AFP. Vatican City―Pope Benedict XVI deplored on Sunday (December 26, 2010) the “absurd violence” against Christians after attacks on churches in the Philippines and Nigeria over the Christmas holiday. “It was with great sadness that I learnt about the [...]
Terror: 19 years-old Somali-born U.S citizen arrested for car-bomb plot in Portland, Oregon. By William McCall, The Associated Press in Portland, Oregon. Special to USAfricaonline.com Federal agents in a sting operation arrested a Somali-born teenager just as he tried blowing up a van he believed was loaded with explosives at a crowded Christmas tree lighting [...]
Somali prime minister announces resignation; Islamic insurgency mounts Special to USAfricaonline.com Mogadishu (AFP) – Somalia’s prime minister resigned on Tuesday after a weeks-long power struggle with the country’s president, leaving the government in limbo as it battles to fend off a fierce Islamist insurgency. The long-brewing feud between the two principals resulted in Omar Abdirashid [...]
CLASH of CULTURES and RELIGION: French Senate votes overwhelmingly to ban Islamic face veils; controversies continue. What are Your Thoughts on this issue/news? Write them below in our comments column, here at USAfricaonline.com: Is it a realistic move to the security considerations of France against potential terrorists in veils OR an excessive response to conservative [...]
New Yorkers, the proposed Mosque and Ground Zero Politics. By George Onuorah Special to USAfricaonline.com and CLASSmagazine, Houston Following the attacks of September 11, 2001, I was privileged to help with providing counseling to many traumatized by the attacks and requiring mental health counseling. The to this day, I am sure that those first Responders [...]
“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.”
Islamist al-Shaabab militia claim responsibility for attacks, killings of 74 persons in Uganda; threatens U.S., U.N Special to USAfrica, USAfricaonline.com and CLASSmagazine Houston At least 74 people were killed and dozens injured in late night bombings targeting football fans in the Ugandan capital Kampala, with the Islamist al-Shaabab militia on Monday claiming responsibility for the [...]
15 killed as Islamic militants attack Somalia’s presidential compound MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Islamist militants attacked Somalia’s presidential compound and other government positions in the capital Sunday, and at least 15 people were killed and 30 others wounded, officials and witnesses said. President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed has been attending a U.N.-sponsored conference in Turkey aimed at [...]
New, chilling video of Nigerian-born Mutallab training at Al Qaeda camp; making threats…. Special to USAfricaonline.com The U.S news network ABCNews has broadcast a video which shows Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab training with the Al Qaeda in Yemen. The 23-year-old Nigerian has been held in detention, accused of plotting terror and attempting to explode a bomb on a [...]
After Ghaddafi’s call for dividing Nigeria into Christian and Muslim republics, Abuja recalls ambassador; Nigerians debate issue Special to USAfricaonline.com Nigeria on Thursday recalled its ambassador from Libya over a diplomatic row caused by controversial Libyan leader Muammar Ghaddafi’s comments made earlier in the week that Nigeria should be divided into a Christian and a [...]
Clinton says Nigeria must bring killers of Christians to justice. Special to USAfricaonline.com (AFP) Washington DC— US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called on Nigeria to find and punish those responsible for the killings of more than 500 Christians in a wave of sectarian slaughter.“We continue to urge all parties to exercise restraint,” Clinton [...]
“The Acting President has placed all the security forces in Plateau and neighbouring states on red alert so as to stem any cross-border dimensions to this latest conflict,” Jonathan’s office said in a statement on Sunday March 7, 2010
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 [...]
A day that had begun with Haidar’s hospitalisation ended with the 42-year old mother of two being flown home to her family without having made any concessions to the Moroccans. Her homecoming was, in her own words, a victory for ‘international law, for human rights, for international justice” but it was also significant in that it was the first time in the 34 year history of the conflict that the international community had effectively intervened in Western Sahara to persuade Morocco to adhere to its obligations under international law.
Abdul Mutallab arraigned at Detroit court, pleads not guilty; 6 charges for terror plot; father did not come…. USAfrica: The News & Opinion Leader for Africans and Americans. Special to USAfrica multimedia networks, Houston. USAfricaonline.com, CLASSmagazine, The Black Business Journal and Nigeria360@yahoogroups e-group A federal judge, U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Randon, in Detroit took all but 3 (three) [...]
