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In this Saturday, July 11, 2009 file photo, women wearing traditional dresses bearing the image of President Barack Obama chant his name after he addressed the Ghanaian Parliament in Accra, Ghana. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Obama visit to Kenya? Only 1 day in Africa so far

Jason Straziuso, Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - President Barack Obama promised to visit his father's homeland — Kenya — before the end of his presidency, but of the 51 country visits Obama made the last four years, America's first black president spent less than a day in sub-Saharan Africa...
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Africans in America seek to rebrand homeland

Kunbi Tinuoye
theGRIO REPORT - Sandra Appiah is on a mission. The 23-year-old wants to rebrand Africa and alter skewed perceptions of the continent....
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Bafana Bafana players applaud during a visit by South Africa's President Jacob Zuma (not pictured) at Orlando Stadium on January 15, 2013 in Soweto, South Africa. Players of South Africa's national football team are in training for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) international soccer tournament, January 19 - February 10, 2013. (Photo by Duif du Toit/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

Africa 'deserves' more places at World Cup

Gerald Imray, Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Africa deserves more than five places at the World Cup, the Cameroon Football Federation president says...
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NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 22: Economist Dr. Dambisa Moyo and Peter Herbert of Lux Capital attend 2010 Blouin Creative Leadership Summit - Day 1 at the Metropolitan Club on September 22, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Thos Robinson/Getty Images for Louise Blouin Group)

theGrio's 100: Dambisa Moyo, international economist on quest to save Africa

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theGRIO's 100 - International economist Dambisa Moyo is known for her groundbreaking work surrounding finance infrastructure in developing countries...
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theGrio's 100: Tambay Obenson, shining light on black film with 'Shadow and Act'

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theGRIO's 100 - Obenson, 38, is a Nigerian born film fanatic who aspires to bring more coverage and awareness to the work of African-Americans in the film business...
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Malik Obama, a step brother to then Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama, talks with the aid of a bulhorn November 2, 2008 to villagers at Kogelo (TONY KARUMBA/AFP/Getty Images)

Obama's half brother running for office in Kenya

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theGRIO REPORT - Another Obama is getting into electoral politics, and no, it's not Michelle Obama...
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Nelson Mandela leaves the chapel after attending the funeral of his great-granddaughter Zenani Mandela in Johannesburg, South Africa. South African President Jacob Zuma says that former President Nelson Mandela has been admitted to hospital in Pretoria to undergo tests. Zuma issued a statement Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012 saying that Mandela is "doing well and there is no cause for alarm." (AP Photo/Siphiwe Sibeko, Pool, File)

South Africa: Nelson Mandela's recovery is good

Andrew Meldrum, Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - South African anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela has recovered from his recent lung infection and a surgical procedure to remove gallstones...
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In this photo taken Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, Margaret Anyoso, 35, speaks to The Associated Press In Nairobi, Kenya. The director of the Pumwani Maternity Hospital, located in a hardscrabble neighborhood of downtown Nairobi, freely acknowledges what he's accused of: detaining mothers who can't pay their bills. Lazarus Omondi says it's the only way he can keep his medical center running. Anyoso and another mother told The Associated Press that Pumwani wouldn't let them leave after delivering their babies. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)

Kenya hospital imprisons new mothers with no money

Jason Straziuso, Associated Press
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The director of the Pumwani Maternity Hospital, located in a hardscrabble neighborhood of downtown Nairobi, freely acknowledges what he's accused of: detaining mothers who can't pay their bills...
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Mandela released from the hospital

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JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Former South African President Nelson Mandela was released Wednesday from the hospital after being treated for a lung infection and having gallstones removed, a government spokesman said...
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People take photos of the giant statue of former president Nelson Mandela, in Mandela Square, Johannesburg, South Africa, Sunday Dec. 9, 2012. South Africans prayed Sunday for the health of former President Nelson Mandela and anxiously awaited further word about the anti-apartheid leader after he was admitted to a military hospital. President Jacob Zuma visited Mandela Sunday morning at the hospital in Pretoria and found the frail 94-year-old to be "comfortable and in good care," presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj said in a statement. Maharaj offered no other details about Mandela, nor what medical tests he had undergone since entering the hospital Saturday. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

Secrecy over Mandela's health fuels concern

Ron Allen, NBC News
JOHANNESBURG - Nelson Mandela's life is an open book. Volumes chronicle every aspect of his 94 years. However, all that changed earlier this month when he was hospitalized...
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