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August 3, 2012
VIDEO - Olympic runners Mohamed Hassan and Zamzam Farah dodged bullets, bombs, and crossfire in their hometown of Mogadishu to…
August 3, 2012
ENTEBBE, Uganda (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday she hopes drones will soon be able…
August 3, 2012
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Doctors were slow to respond to an outbreak of Ebola in Uganda because symptoms weren't always…
August 2, 2012
WINDSOR, England (AP) - Three years ago, Sizwe Ndlovu gave up his job as an computer technician in South Africa…
August 2, 2012
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - The latest Ebola outbreak in Uganda has dimmed hopes of a successful year for the country's…
August 2, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Growing concerns about persistent terrorist threats from splintered al-Qaida groups across Africa have triggered an increase in…
July 31, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) — Growing security threats from Islamist militants and China's increasing influence throughout Africa are topping the agenda as…
July 30, 2012
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Six more patients suspected to have Ebola have been admitted to the hospital days after investigators…
July 26, 2012
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Somali leaders are debating a new constitution that protects the right to have an abortion to…
July 25, 2012
(AP) - John Atta Mills' election victory secured Ghana's reputation as one of the most mature democracies in West Africa...
July 24, 2012
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) - State-run television in Ghana is announcing that President John Atta Mills has died at age 68...
July 19, 2012
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Caster Semenya will carry South Africa's flag at the opening ceremony of the London Olympics...
July 17, 2012
South Africa now needs to recall 500,000 HIV/AIDS test that they ordered from South Korea earlier this year, even though…
July 13, 2012
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - Ethiopia's federal court has sentenced a prominent dissident blogger to 18 years in prison...
July 11, 2012
OPINION - D’Souza is lying. He is making things up, pulling together non-existent threads and weaving a narrative not even…
July 10, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - George Obama, the president’s half-brother, is featured in an upcoming documentary featuring conservative author Dinesh D'Souza...
July 10, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - Oprah Winfrey is getting a tribute from Alicia Keys...
July 10, 2012
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court sentenced a Congolese warlord to 14 years in prison on Tuesday,…
July 3, 2012
DALLAS (AP) - Former President George W. Bush has been helping to renovate a women's cancer screening center in Zambia…
July 3, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - As the continent of Africa grows, they work hard to shed the label of developing country and…