Hutu refugees fear forced return to Rwanda

Rodney Muhumuza, Associated Press

NAKIVALE, Uganda (AP) — Leodegard Kagaba lifted his shirt to reveal an ugly scar on his belly left by a bullet that nearly killed him. Tutsi neighbors in Rwanda, he said, attacked him after accusing him of participating in the 1994 genocide.

Has America historically shut its doors to African immigrants?

Ronda Racha Penrice

theGRIO REPORT - The U.S. has historically had a poor track record in welcoming black immigrants regardless of their talents and, it doesn’t seem to be changing...

Alek Wek raises awareness of refugees' plight

Alexis Garrett Stodghill

theGRIO REPORT - Now free from the specter of war, those returning to the newly christened South Sudan (split off from Sudan in the north through the treaty) are facing fresh perils. Wek's retraced her journey back home to South Sudan in July of 2012 to draw attention to their plight...

Somalia's refugees celebrate holiday with food aid

theGrio

DOLO, Somalia (AP) - Eid al-Fitr is traditionally celebrated with grand feasts in which delicacies are in abundance after fasting during the month of Ramadan...

3 African refugees charged with fake Phoenix bomb

theGrio

PHOENIX (AP) - All three are from Eritrea, a country on the Red Sea. They have declined to comment...

UN says aid to Somalia won't decrease due to fraud

theGrio

GENEVA (AP) - WFP said it is bringing 5,000 tons a month of food into the capital of Mogadishu to help the famine-hit nation...

UN fears dramatic rise in Somalia famine refugees

theGrio

GENEVA (AP) - The number of people fleeing famine-hit areas of Somalia is likely to rise dramatically and could overwhelm international aid efforts...

US to announce $100M in Somalia famine funding

theGrio

DADAAB, Kenya (AP) - Hundreds of thousands of Somali children could die in the country's famine unless more help arrives, a top U.S. official said Monday...