Nelson Mandela, 93-year-old South African icon, stable after medical procedure Special to USAfricaonline.com, the USAfrica-powered e-groups of Nigeria360, IgboEvents, UNNalumni, and CLASSmagazine Houston. South Africa’s former President Nelson Mandela underwent a “diagnostic procedure” in hospital today for a long-standing abdominal complaint, but is in no danger and could leave within two days, according to South African President Jacob Zuma. The hospital stay [...]
February 25, 2012 | Posted in
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Nelson Mandela to be played by Idris Elba Special to USAfrica Golden Globe winner and charismatic actor Idris Elba has confirmed that he will play human rights activist and former South African president Nelson Mandela in an upcoming movie. In an interview with Hip Hollywood, the British actor said that the film will be based [...]
February 22, 2012 | Posted in
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Pop star Shakira survives sea lion attack in Cape Town, South Africa Special to USAfricaonline.com, the USAfrica-powered e-groups of Nigeria360, IgboEvents, UNNalumni, and CLASSmagazine Houston. (AFP) –Cape Town: Colombian pop superstar Shakira was attacked by a sea lion as she tried to photograph and pet a group of the animals during a vacation in Cape Town, she said Wednesday on her Facebook [...]
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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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Mandela is NOT dead; Long Live Nelson Mandela. By Chido Nwangwu. Special to USAfrica multimedia networks, Houston, USAfricaonline.com, PhotoWorks.TV and the USAfrica e-group A few hours ago, today, Tuesday September 13, 2011, the social media, twitter and Facebook and sms remained misled on several personal, non-institutional pages by the false report that the great statesman, [...]
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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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Drug Trafficking: wife of South African minister’s sentenced to 10 yrs, fired from job Special to USAfricaonline.com AFP/Johannesburg: Sheryl Cwele, the wife of South Africa’s intelligence minister, was fired Tuesday from her senior municipal job after being sentenced to 12 years in jail for drug trafficking. “She has been dismissed as per the recommendation of [...]
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South Africa’s Zuma commends South Sudan’s independence referendum results Special to USAfrica and USAfricaonline.com President Jacob Zuma has praised Sudan for delivering a peaceful and credible referendum, the department of international relations and cooperation said. Zuma also praised the work of the Southern Sudan Referendum Commission and Bureau, the department said. He had taken note [...]
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Africa Women Soccer finals: Nigeria vs Equatorial Guinea this Sunday; after Nigeria whipped Cameroon 5-1 Special to USAfricaonline.com and CLASSmagazine, Houston Equatorial Guinea secured their maiden FIFA Women’s World Cup voyage after they beat South Africa 3-1 in the semi-finals of the CAF African Women’s Championships in Johannesburg, South Africa. They will be joined by [...]
November 12, 2010 | Posted in
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South Africa gets elected to U.N Security Council Special to USAfricaonline.com The 192-member U.N. General Assembly has elected South Africa to one of the two-year seats on the U.N. Security Council. South Africa got 182 votes on Tuesday October 12, 2010, in New York. It has become one of five non-permanent members with non-veto-holding membership [...]
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South Africa bids to host Olympics in 2020; following World Cup success…. Special to USAfricaonline.com and CLASSmagazine JOHANNESBURG, Sept. 29, 2010: Following its success in hosting the 2010 soccer’s World Cup, South Africa now has its eyes on the Olympic Games. President Jacob Zuma said that South Africa would be bidding to host the 2020 [...]
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USAfrica has followed the exponential, methodical expansion of the clout and revenue drivers for CAMAC and of Kase, himself. I think that the latest nod from Obama’s administration to Lawal is a continuation of that forward march by a hard-working and savvy son Africa in America.
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South Africa removes recognition of six traditional kings. By Jean-Jacques Cornish (AFP) PRETORIA — President Jacob Zuma announced Thursday July 29, that South Africa would stop recognising half the nation’s traditional kings and queens, dismissing them as artificial creations of the apartheid regime. The announcement came after a six-year government study into the traditional monarchies, [...]
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“With global resources spread thin, we must focus on expanding proven and cost-effective methods like male circumcision to prevent HIV transmission,” Krishna Jafa, an HIV expert at health aid group Population Services International (PSI), said at an AIDS conference in Vienna.
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I’ll forever remember having walked inside and peeped through that historic Mandela jail cell at the dreaded Robben Island on March 27, 1998, alongside then Editor-in-chief of TIME magazine and later news chief of CNN, Walter Isaacson (and others) when President Bill Clinton made his first trip to South Africa and came to Robben Island. Come to the island of scourge and you will understand, in part, the simple greatness and towering grace of Nelson Mandela. At 92, he still embodies those special qualities and more….
Whatever is said, by organising this tournament successfully, South Africa has done Africa proud on the first time of asking. We shall hold this dear for many moons to come….
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President Jonathan, shut them down…. By CHIDO NWANGWU, Publisher of USAfrica, USAfricaonline.com and CLASSmagazine, Houston. On Wednesday July 7, 2010, Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan’s tangle with the world’s soccer governing body FIFA will see the rugged lines of global soccer cooperation, national sovereign claims and responsibilities intersect and clash, again. Jonathan’s swift hammer fell on [...]
Ghana Black Stars fumbled a closing minute penalty kick and shot poorly in the penalty shoot-out following a 1-1 tie to lose the World Cup quarter finals against Uruguay.
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Ghana Black Stars get South Africa former president Mbeki’s support. Special to USAfricaonline.com and CLASSmagazine, Houston FORMER South Africa president Thabo Mbeki has challenged Ghana’s Black Stars to rise to the occasion on their date with destiny at Soccer City this Friday, and take a huge leap into the history books as the first African [...]
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FIFA World Cup 2010: Oh, how the mighty African Footballers Fall By Lawrence Taylor Nordee Special and exclusive commentary for USAfricaonline.com and CLASSmagazine, Houston. African countries produce some of the most skillful footballers in the world. These players enter very competitive professional leagues in the world, especially Europe. They make tens of millions of Dollars, [...]
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