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September 19, 2012
Rev. Jesse Jackson added to his long list of diplomatic accomplishments this week by securing the release of two Americans…
September 10, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The telecom tycoon has committed $6.4 million in scholarship dollars to send 40 African freshmen to Morehouse,…
September 5, 2012
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - When Nelson Mandela's great-granddaughter was killed in a June 2010 car crash, her tragic death cast a…
August 27, 2012
LOME, Togo (AP) - The female wing of a civil rights group is urging women in Togo to stage a…
August 23, 2012
BANJUL, Gambia (AP) - Gambia's president says he has vowed to start executing by mid-September all of the country's inmates…
August 22, 2012
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - A black farmworker was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday for the brutal murder of South African…
August 21, 2012
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - An official says one of Somalia's best female athletes drowned after the small boat she was…
August 21, 2012
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia's long-time ruler and a major U.S. counter-terrorism ally who is credited with…
August 20, 2012
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - A play that revolves around the turbulent life of a gay man in Uganda is being…
August 17, 2012
MARIKANA, South Africa (AP) — Frantic wives searched for missing loved ones, President Jacob Zuma rushed home from a regional summit
August 16, 2012
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - One of China's most visible stars wants his countrymen to know that their rising appetite for…
August 15, 2012
LONDON (AP) - Thousands of Olympians have returned to their homelands with the end of the London Games — but…
August 15, 2012
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Uganda's only medal winner at the London Olympics cried tears of joy as he was welcomed…
August 8, 2012
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - South Africans must live up to Nelson Mandela's legacy by promoting human rights and…
August 8, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Hillary Clinton may have have a reputation for being a serious stateswoman, but she knows how to…
August 8, 2012
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - Three men entered a central Nigerian church just before Bible study began, but instead of joining…
August 8, 2012
LONDON (AP) - Cameroon Olympics officials say seven competitors who have left the athletes village may be seeking new homes…
August 7, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Their disappearance has sparked fears that the athlete left the games so that they could claim asylum…
August 7, 2012
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — People have poured out of offices, pointed mobile phone cameras to the sky and opened their mouths…
August 6, 2012
QUNU, South Africa (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton visited with Nelson Mandela at his home on…