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Should Americans fear Chinese influence in Africa?

By Rohit Kachroo

8:22 AM on 11/07/2011

theGRIO REPORT - According to one estimate, trade between China and Africa grew by more than 1,000 percent between 2000 and 2010...
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Post-Gadhafi is there potential for an 'African Spring'?

By Rohit Kachroo

12:57 PM on 10/20/2011

OPINION - In many sub-Saharan countries, authoritarian regimes know how to appease their people -- sometimes a whiff of democracy is enough...
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Why it's a bad time to be black in Libya

By Rohit Kachroo

4:02 PM on 09/01/2011

theGRIO REPORT - If hallmarks of the Gadhafi regime are being thrown out in a lurch towards revenge rather than justice, it is feared that black Africans and 'pan-Africanism' might now be rejected by some Libyans...
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Who will be the next great African leader?

By Rohit Kachroo

6:12 AM on 07/18/2011

OPINION - So respected is Mandela, that millions of people will do precisely as he asks. It makes many wonder about the future: Who will be Africa's next undisputed leader?
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Worst African drought in decades has Kenyans on edge

By Rohit Kachroo

9:24 AM on 07/14/2011

theGRIO REPORT - In a familiar routine, people around the world have finally seen the images of suffering and are telling their governments to help...
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How Michelle Obama has won over South Africa

By Rohit Kachroo

8:20 AM on 06/23/2011

OPINION - The first lady has delivered on her "core Africa issues" -- AIDS, poverty, and education; and she has done it with grace...
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Black America's first ladies may have big impact in Africa

By Rohit Kachroo

8:48 AM on 06/20/2011

theGRIO REPORT - The visits of both women this week might help to illuminate two different aspects of black America's evolving influence over Africa...
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Children of Mozambique suffer for lack of cheap meds

By Rohit Kachroo

8:03 AM on 06/13/2011

theGRIO REPORT - In Nampula General, up to 60 percent of beds are taken up by patients with basic forms of two illnesses -- pneumonia and diarrhea...
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Is Mandela being used as a political prop?

By Rohit Kachroo

8:46 AM on 05/18/2011

theGRIO REPORT - What better way to fight apathy, and remind black people of the price paid for the vote, than a picture of Mandela at a ballot box?...
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Why do some Somalis become pirates?

By Rohit Kachroo

8:44 AM on 05/09/2011

theGRIO REPORT - In a lawless, desperate country, piracy might still seem irresistible. For many young Somali men there is no alternative...
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'Epidemic' of homophobia spreads through South Africa

By Rohit Kachroo

8:09 AM on 05/06/2011

theGRIO REPORT - The South African government appears to have been jolted into action by the latest killing, and has set up a special unit to tackle hate crimes against gays...
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South Africa celebrates Freedom Day in shadow of apartheid

By Rohit Kachroo

8:21 AM on 04/27/2011

theGRIO REPORT - April 27th 1994 was the day of South Africa's first democratic, multi-racial elections. The racial restrictions of the apartheid era had ended...
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South African 'Idol' yet to crown black winner after six seasons

By Rohit Kachroo

9:50 AM on 03/17/2011

theGRIO REPORT - The South African reincarnation of the international franchise -- looks just like all the other foreign versions of the show, but it doesn't look like South Africa...
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