Africa

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February 14, 2011
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Activists say some of the cocoa in your Valentine's Day chocolate probably came from a West African…
February 11, 2011
OPINION - Africa's youth are growing less tolerant of scenarios where they suffer while leaders entrusted with national treasuries choose…
February 2, 2011
MSNBC - When William Holland traveled from Atlanta to Cameroon to dig into his family roots, the quest succeeded beyond…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Lisa Newman's 16-hour journey to Ghana from her Michigan hospital is only a step in the surgeon's…
January 31, 2011
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - This week's summit, which started Sunday and ends Monday, was dominated by the crisis in Ivory Coast...
January 31, 2011
OPINION - As America has aggressively promoted democracy across the world, we have blindly tolerated some of the worst human…
January 28, 2011
OPINION - As David Kato is laid to rest, I hope his tragic end will lead to a civil discourse…
January 27, 2011
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - A prominent Ugandan gay rights activist whose picture was published by an anti-gay newspaper next to…
January 6, 2011
theGRIO Q&A - When Lawrence O'Donnell isn't giving the 'Last Word' on his MSNBC weeknight show, he's trying to equip…
January 3, 2011
HONOLULU (AP) - President Barack Obama is quietly but strategically stepping up his outreach to Africa...
December 29, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The data will point out movements of troops, civilians and other signs of impending conflict...
December 21, 2010
OPINION - The costs of these drugs and treatments tend to be prohibitive, making them inaccessible to most...
November 30, 2010
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Under the pilot program UNICEF launched last month in Kenya, expectant mothers with HIV are being…
November 23, 2010
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - In comments made public last weekend, the pope said condoms could be morally justified in some…
November 10, 2010
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - President Yoweri Museveni has released a rap song and video that's become a sensation in Uganda...
November 6, 2010
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - U.N. officials say they're investigating reports that some 700 Congolese women were raped by soldiers...
November 2, 2010
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Jackson later acknowledged such a plan would require accountability, especially in Nigeria, the continent's most populous…
October 27, 2010
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) - Rusesabagina, told The Associated Press that he hasn't sent any money to Rwanda in years, and…
September 9, 2010
COSMIC LOG - Thanks to DNA testing, William Holland is being welcomed as a long-lost relative by a ruling family…
September 9, 2010
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Rebel militias and government troops are using sexual violence as weapon against women in Congo...