AFRICA: U.S. to Send Troops to 35 African Countries
CBS News is reporting the United States is sending troops to 35 African countries in 2013 as an anti-terror measure to...
Brazil: Floods Claim Lives; Displace 3,000 Families
Anna Kaiser, contributing reporter to The Rio Times , is reporting that torrential rains tore across Rio de Janeiro state late...
Hurricane Katrina: A Statistical Snapshot Eight Years Later
Mark Waller of Nola.com (The Times-Picayune) is reporting on the impact of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans eight years after the...
Integration of Wild Foods Into Diets Could Help Combat Malnutrition
AllAfrica.com has published a report from IRIN detailing the often unknown benefits of wild forest foods and fruits in combatting malnutrition...
Brazil: Economy Falls Into a Recession
BBC News Latin America is reporting that Brazil has fallen into a recession just one month before the general election. This...
Ethiopia: Africa’s First Commodity Exchange Transformed Economy
In the Guardian, Lauren Everitt of All Africa.com interviews Eleni Gabre-Madhin on how a market has empowered Ethiopian farmers by focusing...
Meet Phyllis Omido: Kenya’s ‘Erin Brokovich’
Emma Daly of Human Rights Watch is profiling the activism of Phyllis Omido, a Kenyan woman who led the fight against...
Lions Facing Extinction in West Africa
BBC News Africa is reporting that the lion in Africa is critically endangered. A new survey states that there has been...
10 Reasons Why You Absolutely Need to Be Voting Today
1. VOTER SUPPRESSION
Early voting lines in Miami-Dade County were four and five hours long over the weekend. This after Rep. Rick...
U.S.: Blacks More Likely to Get Less Sleep
Studies on sleep have shown how important it is to get a good night's sleep. Those who sleep for a shorter...
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