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September 12, 2011
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Flames leapt out from the pipeline in a radius of some 300 yards (meters), setting shacks…
September 6, 2011
POP CRUSH - 50 Cent is doing something really cool by merging his business acumen with his philanthropic endeavors...
September 6, 2011
DADAAB, Kenya (AP) - Senegalese singer Youssou Ndour says African artists should take the initiative to help families affected by…
September 1, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - If hallmarks of the Gadhafi regime are being thrown out in a lurch towards revenge rather than…
September 1, 2011
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Harare, where power and water outages occur daily, scored a 38 percent "livability rating," the group…
September 1, 2011
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - Virtually all of the detainees say they are innocent migrant workers, and in most cases there…
August 29, 2011
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - Chairman Jean Ping told reporters Monday that this is one of the reasons the AU…
August 27, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - There are several important stories that are often omitted during comparisons between immigrant Africans and their U.S.…
August 23, 2011
OPINION - Gadhafi must now face a reality Africans have been clamoring about for the past fifteen years: that he…
August 22, 2011
CHILMARK, Mass. (AP) - He appealed to Gadhafi to prevent further bloodshed, and urged opposition forces to build a democratic…
August 22, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - "When I first got here, you could hardly find another black person," said Brumskine, who has lived…
August 22, 2011
ROME (AP) - World leaders said Monday the end is near for Muammar Gadhafi's regime and began looking at Libya's…
August 21, 2011
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - Gadhafi's whereabouts were unknown. But he delivered a series of angry and defiant audio messages broadcast…
August 19, 2011
PHOENIX (AP) - All three are from Eritrea, a country on the Red Sea. They have declined to comment...
August 18, 2011
OPINION - In North America, music has been one of the sanctuaries that has allowed for the deepest expression of…
August 17, 2011
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - More than 12 million people need food aid in drought-struck East Africa. More than 2 million…
August 17, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Africa's first human milk bank opened this month, providing donated breast milk to at-risk infants on the…
August 17, 2011
OPINION - In a country where well over 80 percent of women are kept in domestic-type roles and forced to…
August 9, 2011
GENEVA (AP) - The number of people fleeing famine-hit areas of Somalia is likely to rise dramatically and could overwhelm…
August 8, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - White House press secretary Jay Carney says the money will help provide food, shelter, water, and sanitation…