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April 24, 2014
HONOLULU (AP) — A security video shows the California boy who survived stowing away on a jetliner dangling his feet…
April 7, 2014
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) - Bloodcurdling screams and sorrowful wails resounded throughout a packed sports stadium as world leaders and thousands…
March 31, 2014
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Young men sing hymns and recite the Bible before the Rev. Christopher Senyonjo gives a sermon…
March 25, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Obama is sending troops and military aircraft to Uganda, adding to the 100 U.S. troops already in…
March 24, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is sending military aircraft as well as an increased number of special operations forces to…
March 20, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - New interviews with members of Lupita Nyongo's family reveal that some of the cruelty and agony the…
March 3, 2014
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — 'You are the pride of Africa,' Kenya's president exclaimed on Twitter as he celebrated Kenya's first…
February 28, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - The Sub-Saharan African nation of Uganda has made international news this week as the result of the…
February 27, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Singer Akon has launched an ambitious endeavor that aims to improve the lives of over one million…
February 25, 2014
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A Ugandan newspaper published a list Tuesday of what it called the country's '200 top' homosexuals...
February 24, 2014
ENTEBBE, Uganda (AP) — Uganda's president on Monday signed a controversial anti-gay bill that has harsh penalties for homosexual sex...
February 20, 2014
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The lawyer for former U.S. Rep. Mel Reynolds said Thursday his client needed more time to…
February 18, 2014
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — At least 21 miners in South Africa who were trapped by debris in an abandoned mine shaft…
February 18, 2014
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Melvin Jay Reynolds has been arrested in Zimbabwe on suspicion of possessing pornography…
February 8, 2014
CHIRADZULU, Malawi - The landlocked southern African country is racked with challenges, its people accustomed to hanging on by a…
January 31, 2014
theGRIO’s 100 - David Moinina Sengeh is a student at MIT and proud Sierra Leonean. He's also a biomechanical engineer,…
January 26, 2014
ATLANTA (AP) — Growing up in Zimbabwe and visiting South Africa as a young woman helped forge Danai Gurira's passion…
January 24, 2014
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The man who was Born to Run has come all the way to South Africa for a…
January 21, 2014
BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Members of a national transitional council chose the female mayor of Central African Republic's…
January 13, 2014
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's president has signed a law that bans same-sex marriage and criminalizes homosexual associations, societies and…