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March 28, 2019
Public health should be the highest priority for Africa, says a report by the World Health Organization, or it will…
Mozambique thegrio.com AP
March 19, 2019
A cyclones rapidly rising floodwaters have created "an inland ocean" in Mozambique endangering scores of thousands of families.
The hundred wells of salaga thegrio.com
March 14, 2019
For her third novel, The Hundred Wells of Salaga, Ayesha Harruna Attah explores pre-colonial Ghana through the eyes of two…
Barack Obama thegrio.com
February 17, 2019
Former President Barack Obama, an avid basketball enthusiast, will reportedly play a hands-on role in a new NBA-backed basketball league…
Muhammadu Buhari thegrio.com
February 13, 2019
In Nigeria fake news can be so outlandish, yet widely believed, that the president recently felt compelled to declare that…
Julius Maada thegrio.com
February 9, 2019
Sexual crimes in Sierra Leone have increased and are violent with the victims being minors, prompting the president to declare…
Kenya Red Cross personnel helps a woman who collapsed , Wednesday, Jan. 16 2019 at Chiromo Mortuary, after learning of a family member who was killed during terrorist attack on Tuesday. An upscale hotel complex in Kenya's capital came under attack on Tuesday, with a blast and heavy gunfire. The al-Shabab extremist group based in neighboring Somalia claimed responsibility and said its members were still fighting inside (AP Photo/Brian Inganga) thegrio.com
January 16, 2019
Kenya's security forces have killed the Islamic extremist gunmen whose assault on a luxury hotel and shopping complex took 14…
Mohamed Tourne, Denise Cros-Toure thegrio.com
January 10, 2019
A young African woman is finally getting to tell her story after a wealthy Dallas couple was arrested on suspicion…
Colorism
January 10, 2019
A four-day-old baby is a surprise bright spot in Congo's deadly Ebola outbreak.
Gabon coup AP thegrio.com
January 7, 2019
Gabon's government has retained control of the West African country after an attempted military coup early Monday, the government said.
John Bolton thegrio.com AP
December 13, 2018
The Trump administration wants to see an increase in U.S. investment and trade in Africa as part of a new…
South Sudan AP thegrio.com
December 10, 2018
Shock and outrage followed when the medical charity Doctors Without Borders announced that 125 women and girls had been raped,…
Netflix thegrio.com
December 3, 2018
In 2019, Netflix plans to order original shows from Africa to expand its international reach which is currently Asia, Europe,…
Cameroon
November 21, 2018
Cameroon's military has freed nine children and their teacher who had been kidnapped by gunmen Tuesday from a school in…
Albino thegrio.com AP
November 19, 2018
Singer-songwriter and albino activist Salif Keita assembled an international forum on protecting albino people in Africa.
South Africa immigrants thegrio.com
November 1, 2018
As migration worldwide soars to record highs, far less visible has been its toll: The tens of thousands of people…
Congo thegrio.com
October 26, 2018
The most surprising thing about the fact that Congolese hospitals detain patients who fail to pay their bills is that…
Kanye West Uganda AP thegrio.com
October 18, 2018
An African Studies professor from Uganda who teaches in New York, wants Kanye West to know the truth about Uganda's…
Melania Trump TheGrio
October 7, 2018
During a recent visit to Africa, first lady Melania Trump made waves with yet another piece of problematic and insulting…
Denis Mukwege thegrio.com
October 5, 2018
Anti-rape activists Denis Mukwege, 63, and Nadia Murad, 25, were jointly awarded the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize.