Midwest drought, rising food prices worry black businesses

Amara Omeokwe

theGRIO REPORT - As the worst drought in decades grips 26 U.S. states, business owners in affected areas and beyond are growing concerned about what it could mean for their bottom lines...

Black stars on sidelines of Somalia famine fight

Chika Oduah

theGRIO REPORT - Would it be too far-fetched to imagine a coalition of African-American celebrities united as a voice for the women and children in the Horn of Africa who are too weakened by malnutrition to speak in a loud voice?..

Somalia faces cholera epidemic amid famine

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SOMALIA - "My son was my world," she says, "even at eight, he helped me with the younger children. I am destroyed..."

Somalia-born rapper K'naan prompts action in his homeland

Deron Dalton

VIDEO - Somalia-born rapper and poet K'naan is prompting action in his homeland. U2's Bono brought K'naan on stage last month in Minnesota and gave him props for his actions...

Famine: 'Hundreds of thousands of kids could die'

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DADAAB, Kenya (AP) - Hundreds of thousands of Somali children could die in East Africa's famine unless more help arrives, a top U.S. official warned Monday in the starkest death toll prediction yet...

Kenyans find unity in helping those in drought

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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - While famine in neighboring Somalia has killed tens of thousands, there have been hunger-related deaths in Kenya as well...

Somali war helped turn drought to famine

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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Somali soldiers beat back desperate families with gun butts Thursday as they fought for food supplies in front of a weeping diplomat...

Somalis dying in world's worst famine in 20 years

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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Tens of thousands of Somalis are feared dead in the world's worst famine in a generation...

Worst African drought in decades raises tension

Rohit Kachroo

theGRIO REPORT - In a familiar routine, people around the world have finally seen the images of suffering and are telling their governments to help...

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Drought

Midwest drought, rising food prices worry black businesses

Black stars on sidelines of Somalia famine fight

Somalia faces cholera epidemic amid famine

Somalia-born rapper K'naan prompts action in his homeland

Famine: 'Hundreds of thousands of kids could die'

Kenyans find unity in helping those in drought

Somali war helped turn drought to famine

Somalis dying in world's worst famine in 20 years

Worst African drought in decades raises tension

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