Africa

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June 17, 2010
SIERRA LEONE - June 16, the International Day of the African Child, is an annual moment of recognition that has…
June 17, 2010
PARIS (AP) - Bushmeat is eaten in central and western Africa, where hunters sometimes illegally stalk wildlife parks that aren't…
June 14, 2010
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) - Ghana's victory over Serbia carried far more significance than earning three points..
June 9, 2010
European colonists may have facilitated early developments of soccer, but history shows the first ball was kicked in Africa...
June 7, 2010
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) - UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner announced the appointment, saying that Cheadle would help raise green awareness…
June 4, 2010
THE GRIO REPORT - With its youthful population increasingly becoming part of the global economy Africa "now stands to become…
May 27, 2010
theGRIO REPORT - Bushmeat, or meat from wild animals such as elephant, bat or chimpanzee, is a prized foodstuff in…
May 25, 2010
Black Americans are dying to have the hottest diamonds around our necks, while other black people are literally dying to…
May 25, 2010
VIDEO - The government is in disarray, breeding a new generation of American-born terrorists...
May 20, 2010
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) - Hundreds of onlookers inside and outside the court house showed little sympathy. There were shouts of…
May 20, 2010
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Prosecutors trying former Liberian president Charles Taylor for war crimes asked judges to subpoena supermodel…
May 20, 2010
Africa is more on the mind of all of us in the West, contact and travel is more frequent, and…
May 18, 2010
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) - The two men, who had been unusually open about their sexual orientation on a continent that…
May 10, 2010
From The New York Times - Atlanta claims the second-largest black population, behind New York, while city children pass the…
April 28, 2010
Over the past year, the Obama administration has rolled out plans for a new, more pragmatic approach to U.S. global-health…
April 21, 2010
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell and NBA star Shaquille O'Neal have joined a Twitter campaign encouraging followers to help…
March 17, 2010
VIDEO - In the media-saturated world, it can be easy to be bombarded by images, information, and problems. But one…
March 15, 2010
From The NY Times - Ushahidi, Swahili for "testimony", is a technological innovation that is revolutionizing crisis response and putting…
March 8, 2010
VIDEO- The killers showed no mercy: They didn't spare women and children, or even a 4-day-old baby, from their machetes...
March 3, 2010
OPINION - Uganda's controversial anti-gay legislation illustrates tension between foreign donors' expectations and African cultural values...