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UN Women www.theGrio.com
February 15, 2021
The now-deleted V-Day post from UN Women featured multiple couples embracing each other and a lone Black woman embracing herself.
Republican Georgia Senate Candidates Perdue And Loeffler Campaign For Runoff Election
February 12, 2021
Nikki Haley publicly criticizes Trump for the Capitol riots. The potential 2024 presidential candidate said she is disgusted by his…
Linda Thomas-Greenfield Shuwanza Goff thegrio.com
November 23, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden has selected Linda Thomas-Greenfield and Shuwanza Goff, two Black women, to serve in his administration.
September 13, 2020
Approximately 24 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the U.S., according to the Domestic Abuse…
July 19, 2020
On Saturday, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres slammed world leaders for ignoring inequality issues in global institutions.
December 19, 2019
United Nations troops sent to Haiti to protect the population are accused of bribing or coercing women for sex and…
Ebola
December 12, 2018
An outbreak of the virus could head toward the fledgling nation and officials want to take preventative measures
Marc Lamont Hill thegrio
November 29, 2018
“I do not support anti-Semitism, killing Jewish people, or any of the other things attributed to my speech," Hill tweeted…
Cameroon
November 7, 2018
Children as young as 11 were taken from the Cameroon school, along with staffers, heightening concerns among United Nations officials
Joseph Kabila Kabange Congo AP thegrio.com
September 27, 2018
Congo says it has decided to boycott two planned U.N. events focusing on the central African nation because it was…
Nelson Mandela AP thegrio.com
September 24, 2018
Nelson Mandela's South African journey from anti-apartheid leader to prisoner to president to global statesman is one of the 20th…
Kofi Annan thegrio.com AP
September 14, 2018
United in sorrow, world leaders and international dignitaries came to Ghana to pay their last respects to the late United…
Kofi Annan thegrio.com
August 20, 2018
Five things to know about Kofi Annan, the first Black African to lead the United Nations.
Donald Trump theGrio.com
June 20, 2018
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is leaving the United Nations' Human Rights Council, which Ambassador Nikki Haley called "an…
wage gap thegrio.com
June 6, 2018
A U.N.-supported human rights expert says the United States is now moving full steam ahead to make itself even more…
Ebola
May 21, 2018
The Democratic Republic of Congo will be the first region to receive an experimental Ebola vaccine that health officials believe…
Israel
April 2, 2018
After scrapping a plan to deport thousands of migrants from African nations, Israel Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has suspended a deal…
October 17, 2017
On Monday, North Korea warned a United Nations committee that nuclear war “may break out any moment.”
October 6, 2017
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A U.N. peacekeeping mission in Haiti that has helped maintain order through 13 years of political…
April 18, 2017
A United Nations employee was arrested for robbing four Manhattan banks. All of the robberies had apparently been committed while…