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November 10, 2011
OPINION - The majority of the African descendant populations in Latin America, the United States, Africa and the Caribbean have…
October 5, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Would it be too far-fetched to imagine a coalition of African-American celebrities united as a voice for…
September 30, 2011
PARIS (AP) - UNESCO's director-general appealed to the organization's executive board Friday to reject a life sciences prize to be…
September 29, 2011
HAVANA, Cuba (AP) - Castro says many things will change in Cuba, but it will happen organically and in spite…
September 22, 2011
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. chief urged all countries to 'stand firmly' against anti-Semitism and Islamophobia and reject discrimination…
September 16, 2011
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The U.N. says Somali children are more likely to die before they turn 5 than those…
August 25, 2011
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - "This is what we pledged today, it is new money and exclusively African," said AU…
August 16, 2011
GENEVA (AP) - WFP said it is bringing 5,000 tons a month of food into the capital of Mogadishu to…
August 9, 2011
GENEVA (AP) - The number of people fleeing famine-hit areas of Somalia is likely to rise dramatically and could overwhelm…
August 8, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - White House press secretary Jay Carney says the money will help provide food, shelter, water, and sanitation…
July 29, 2011
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) - As President Alassane Ouattara meets with Obama on Friday in Washington, Ivory Coast's national reconciliation…
July 26, 2011
DADAAB, Kenya (AP) - Mihag Gedi Farah is 7 months old, and weighs as little as a newborn with the…
July 25, 2011
ROME (AP) - The U.N. is pressing its efforts to gather $1.6 billion in aid over the next 12 months,…
July 22, 2011
PARIS (AP) -- Jazz great Herbie Hancock wants his music to build bridges between cultures, a mission...
July 22, 2011
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Somalia is the most dangerous country in the world to work in, according to the U.N.'s…
July 21, 2011
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Somali soldiers beat back desperate families with gun butts Thursday as they fought for food supplies…
July 14, 2011
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The African nation, which gained independence Saturday, became the U.N.'s 193rd member by acclamation Thursday...
July 8, 2011
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a new peacekeeping force for South Sudan on Friday...
June 24, 2011
ARUSHA, Tanzania (AP) - The female former government minister is guilty of war crimes for the 1994 Rwanda genocide and…
June 17, 2011
GENEVA (AP) - The declaration was cautiously worded, expressing "grave concern" about abuses because of sexual orientation and commissioning a…