Official: Uganda to pass anti-gay bill this year
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Uganda's anti-gay bill will be passed before the end of 2012 despite international criticism of the draft legislation...
Group: US troops should actively hunt for Kony
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - The hunt for the African warlord Joseph Kony is hopeless without more troops, an advocacy group said Friday, urging American forces to "play a more operational role" in the vast Central Africa jungle...
Granny Obama, Kenya celebrate White House win
KOGELO, Kenya (AP) - Waving her walking cane and smiling broadly, the step-grandmother of Barack Obama celebrated Wednesday as this tiny Western Kenyan village danced and rejoiced after the United States president won four more years in the White House...
Global candidate: Obama was world's clear choice
LONDON (AP) - He won, and the word 'phew' trended worldwide on Twitter. Despite a hard-fought campaign in the United States, there was never any contest overseas...
Obama favored in his ancestral Kenyan village
KOGELO, Kenya (AP) - Here in President Barack Obama's ancestral village in Kenya, witch doctor John Dimo tossed some shells, bones and other items to determine who will win Tuesday's election...
West African man convicted of keeping 4 boys as slaves
theGRIO REPORT - A federal jury convicted a former janitor at the University of Michigan of enslaving and abusing four West African boys on Tuesday...
Williams sisters inspire Nigerian kids
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - On their first visit to Nigeria, Serena and Venus Williams want to inspire local kids to set their goals high...
South African photographer who depicted apartheid dies
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Alfred Kumalo, a South African photographer whose work chronicled the brutalities of apartheid and the rise of Nelson Mandela, died of renal failure in a Johannesburg hospital on Sunday night, the ruling party said Monday....
New Nigeria museum honors late Afrobeat singer Fela Kuti
theGRIO REPORT - Kingston, Jamaica has the Bob Marley Museum. Memphis, Tennessee has Elvis Presley’s Graceland. For the first time ever, fans of the Nigerian superstar Fela Kuti can visit the Kalakuta Museum in Lagos, Nigeria...
Obama: No confusion over response to Libya attack
NEW YORK (AP) - President Barack Obama is pushing back against critics who say there was confusion within his administration following the deadly attacks on the U.S. Consulate in Libya...
