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December 25, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - It is the age old question that has generated years and years of debate. But according to…
December 22, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is announcing an additional $113 million in emergency aid to the Horn of Africa...
December 20, 2011
OPINION - Kwanzaa is wack. The other day I said this on my Facebook page. Actually, what I said was:…
December 18, 2011
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) -- Congo's opposition leader has declared himself winner of the presidential vote, despite placing second in official…
December 16, 2011
OPINION - Fair trade may not be as fair as you think. In fact, some of what is passing as…
December 7, 2011
OPINION - For the first time in U.S. history protecting and promoting the civil rights of gays will become part…
November 18, 2011
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The number of famine zones in Somalia was cut in half Friday, as U.S. and U.N.…
November 10, 2011
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - As Minhaj Gedi Farah lay silently on a hospital bed three months ago, even his mother…
November 10, 2011
OPINION - The majority of the African descendant populations in Latin America, the United States, Africa and the Caribbean have…
November 10, 2011
theGRIO REPORT-The newly launched African Heritage Diet Pyramid is designed specifically for African-Americans "to re-introduce them to lost roots of…
November 7, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - According to one estimate, trade between China and Africa grew by more than 1,000 percent between 2000…
November 7, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - All in all, African runners won the top five spots and six of the top seven places.…
November 2, 2011
theGRIO VIDEO - Steve Stoute is a former record executive who's had a hand in launching the careers of rapper…
November 2, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senators voiced concern Tuesday that the United States has lost influence with African governments as China has…
October 28, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House confirms that the U.S. military has unmanned drone aircraft in Ethiopia, but says no…
October 27, 2011
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - While putting few U.S. troops at risk, the United States is also providing intelligence and training…
October 26, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan has publicly condemned what he describes as the 'great assassination' of…
October 24, 2011
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) - While Western powers heralded Gadhafi's demise, many Africans were gathering at mosques built with Gadhafi's money…
October 24, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - The African Union's Peace and Security Council called for the National Transitional Council of Libya to protect…
October 20, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama on Thursday cast the demise of Muammar Gadhafi as a momentous opportunity for Libya…