Africa

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September 8, 2010
OPINION - Madieu Williams is a guy who gives millions from his own pocket, because he's concerned about poverty in…
September 7, 2010
KAKUMA, Kenya (AP) - Fighting in the Somali capital of Mogadishu has killed more than 230 people in the past…
September 7, 2010
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) - Before the outbreak of the conflict, major airlines like Pan American World Airways, Air France and…
September 1, 2010
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Congolese military officials said the men were piloting and co-piloting one of several small planes that flies…
August 30, 2010
JUBA, Sudan (AP) - The U.N.'s top humanitarian official in Southern Sudan said the task of transforming a rebel movement…
August 27, 2010
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The East African nation replaced a colonial-era constitution with one that curtails the president's powers with…
August 25, 2010
TELEGRAPH UK - Saliva samples taken from 39 relatives of the Nazi leader show he may have had biological links…
August 16, 2010
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - One of the world's largest diamond trading networks says it will expel members who knowingly trade…
August 3, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama is challenging young leaders from Africa to bring change to their countries by standing up…
July 23, 2010
Affecting one out of every four girls, the brutal practice of "breast ironing" is on the rise in the African…
July 23, 2010
VIENNA (AP) - President Obama says Washington is committed to continuing the progress made in battling the disease while Clinton…
July 21, 2010
OPINION - Today there are more than enough brains, money and resources in our community to make an all-black fashion…
July 21, 2010
OPINION - While studies show it could prevent four out of ten women from contracting HIV, this is by no…
July 12, 2010
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - The blasts came two days after a commander with the Somali group, al-Shabab, called for militants…
July 6, 2010
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Africa is making a 'spectacular' recovery from the global recession thanks to decades of market reform and…
July 2, 2010
theGRIO REPORT - The Black Stars' berth in the quarter-finals of this year's World Cup has restored some of the…
June 30, 2010
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Fabulous minerals. Magnificent music. Great cuisine. And a people still mired in violence and misery...
June 25, 2010
RUSTENBURG, South Africa (AP) - Ghana is the continent's last remaining hope at the first World Cup to be staged…
June 21, 2010
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - By the end of the week, Ghana may be Africa's sole survivor in the competition, with the…
June 21, 2010
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Bol died at the University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville, where he was being treated…