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July 26, 2011

Somali 7-month-old weighs the same as newborn

DADAAB, Kenya (AP) - Mihag Gedi Farah is 7 months old, and weighs as little as a newborn with the…
July 25, 2011

UN seeks more donor help on Somalia famine

ROME (AP) - The U.N. is pressing its efforts to gather $1.6 billion in aid over the next 12 months,…
July 20, 2011

Somalis dying in world's worst famine in 20 years

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Tens of thousands of Somalis are feared dead in the world's worst famine in a generation...
July 18, 2011

A mom in African refugee camp; son thrives in US

KAKUMA REFUGEE CAMP, Kenya (AP) -- At Morris Michael's graduation, the mother who shepherded him out of a Sudanese war…
July 14, 2011

Worst African drought in decades has Kenyans on edge

theGRIO REPORT - In a familiar routine, people around the world have finally seen the images of suffering and are…
July 8, 2011

Why we remain fascinated with Obama's father

OPINION - Last time I checked, the identity of President Obama's father and a long list his flaws have long…
July 7, 2011

Author: Obama's father planned to give him up for adoption

Through exhaustive interviews, Jacobs assembles a complex depiction of the elder Obama as a brilliant but troubled man.
July 5, 2011

Is Herman Cain a real life Uncle Ruckus?

OPINION - Given his vilification of all things African and his attempts to shoo away from legitimate talks of racial…
June 24, 2011

Kenya: attention African American entrepreneurs

Africa is starting to change for the better and Kenya is becoming the leader in this long overdue movement offering…
June 20, 2011

Black America's first ladies may have big impact in Africa

theGRIO REPORT - The visits of both women this week might help to illuminate two different aspects of black America's…
June 14, 2011

Cain runs away from his African roots in GOP race

OPINION - Cain essentially suggests that being 'African' is somehow a trait to be disavowed -- instead of embraced and…
June 13, 2011

Herman Cain: Obama 'was raised in Kenya'

'I am an American. Black. Conservative,' he said in explaining his view on the matter...
June 3, 2011

Michelle Obama to visit Africa

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. first lady will visit Johannesburg and Cape Town in South Africa and Gaborone, Botswana during…
May 20, 2011

Creating safe spaces for young women in Kenya

VIDEO - With 600 million girls growing up in developing countries, the humanitarian organization CARE has decided to focus their…
May 16, 2011

Olympic marathon champ Sammy Wanjiru dies in fall

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Kenyan Olympic marathon champion Sammy Wanjiru died in a fall from a balcony after a domestic…
May 12, 2011

African Al-Qaeda branch threatens Obama's Kenyan grandmother

The killing of al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden has led to a direct threat by militants on a relative…
April 25, 2011

Obama's young mother abroad

The photograph showed the son, but my eye gravitated toward the mother. That first glimpse was surprising -- the stout,…
April 18, 2011

Kenyan man wins Boston marathon, finished in 2 hrs

BOSTON (AP) - Because Monday's race had a strong tailwind on a downhill course, Mutai's run is not recognized by…
April 15, 2011

Kenya's tribal 'O' factor: Obama, Ocampo, Odinga

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - What do President Barack Obama, International Criminal Court Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo and Kenyan Prime Minister Raila…
March 2, 2011

Huckabee has to back off 'birther'-like remarks

VIDEO - The former governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee, is in some hot water after suggesting that the president grew…