Togo women push sex strike to unseat president
LOME, Togo (AP) - The female wing of a civil rights group is urging women in Togo to stage a week-long sex strike to demand the resignation of the country's president...
4G service reaches Africa before much of Europe
theGRIO REPORT - As the continent of Africa grows, they work hard to shed the label of developing country and become developed...
Naomi Campbell, perfume firm settle NYC lawsuits
NEW YORK (AP) - Naomi Campbell and a perfume company have settled a sour dispute that started over a fragrance line and became part of the backdrop of former Liberian President Charles Taylor's war crimes trial...
Liberia's past and future in the spotlight
OPINION - Taylor’s conviction places the spotlight on neighboring Liberia, which has a special relationship with African-Americans...
Charles Taylor sentenced to 50 years in prison
LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands (AP) - Judges at an international war crimes court have sentenced former Liberian President Charles Taylor to 50 years in prison...
Charles Taylor: Sorry for those hurt by war crimes
LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands (AP) - Convicted war criminal and former Liberian President Charles Taylor said during his sentencing hearing Wednesday that he sympathizes with victims of the civil war in Sierra Leone...
Ex-Liberian president convicted for war crimes
LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands (AP) - In a historic ruling, an international court convicted former Liberian President Charles Taylor on Thursday of aiding and abetting war crimes and crimes against humanity...
Nobel Prize shows women are leaders, winners say
OSLO, Norway (AP) - The winners of the Nobel Peace Prize vowed Friday to work even harder to make the world see women not just as victims of conflicts, but as leaders in efforts to resolve them...
Blacks free to give thanks, even during slavery
theGRIO REPORT- African-Americans have long embraced the honored tradition of Thanksgiving, even during slavery...
Africans remember Gadhafi as martyr, benefactor
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) - While Western powers heralded Gadhafi's demise, many Africans were gathering at mosques built with Gadhafi's money to mourn the man they consider an anti-imperialist martyr and benefactor...
