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Children play ball in front of a giant portrait of former president Nelson Mandela in a park in Soweto, South Africa, Sunday, March 31, 2013. Mandela remains in a hospital while he receives treatment for a recurrence of pneumonia. Presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj says there are no updates on 94 year old Mandela since an official statement Saturday on his condition. That statement reported the anti-apartheid leader was breathing without difficulty after having a procedure to clear fluid in his lung area. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

Obama to visit South Africa, Senegal, Tanzania

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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama will visit three African nations this summer...
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How birth control has saved lives worldwide

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theGRIO REPORT - Effective use of birth control alone could eliminate the 47,000 maternal deaths caused each year by unsafe abortions...
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4G service reaches Africa before much of Europe

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theGRIO REPORT - As the continent of Africa grows, they work hard to shed the label of developing country and become developed...
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Study: Vaccine reduces malaria in African children

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ATLANTA (AP) - The quest for the world's first malaria vaccine appears to have taken a big step: A study in Africa shows experimental shots cut the risk of disease in young children by half...
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