Tribal News

Last year, the journey to Africa was about fulfilling the dream of John E. Halgrim, a dying Fort Myers teenager.

Canadian freelance journalist Amanda Lindhout sits with a child in Mogadishu, Somalia, in this undated handout photo.

To understand the difficulties America faces in combating terrorism, look no farther than this Horn of Africa nation.

Then along came the tattoo gun, followed by Spring Break, bad Chinese charcter tats , and tramp stamps.

Christopher Pearson had big credentials. He was a Mashantucket Pequot Indian, grandson of the woman credited with holding the tribe together through its leanest period.

Antibalas After dedicating the last three years to providing the musical foundation and pulse for the latest off-and-on-Broadway sensation, Fela! , Antibalas brings the party back to its Brooklyn roots for a weekly residency at the iconic music venue, the Knitting Factory.

Public health specialists working on AIDS in Africa are fond of invoking "ignorance." It is a term assigned to any local attitude that stands in their way - from the cool reception Africans have given condoms to the lingering doubt in many African societies that sexual activity is the essential cause of AIDS.

For the first time in eight years, the number of students learning English in Urbandale schools has declined, but educators say they continue to struggle to find ways to meet the needs of a growing population of African refugees.

In American Indian culture, the arts are everything. "An integral part of our heritage is music," said singer-songwriter Joanne Shenandoah, a member of the Oneida tribe.

November 8, 2009 - The situations in Sudan have become complicated where the entire country which is ten times size of Egypt, is on the brink of collapse.

Rolihlahla "Nelson" Mandela was born to a tribal chief in Transkei, a former republic of Africa.

As a child in Kenya, Peter Kithene saw what happens when there is no health care or medicine for miles.

Swine flu has appeared among Venezuela's Yanomami Indians, one of the largest isolated indigenous groups in the Amazon, and a doctor said Wednesday that the virus is suspected in seven deaths, including six infants.

Somalia's mobile phone business is booming despite the almost daily artillery fire that flies over expensive satellite dishes and the violence that has brought misery to the population of the Horn of Africa nation.

Dancers clad in animal skins opened a royal ceremony Tuesday, a nod to tradition for the forward-thinking kings, queens and chiefs who jetted in to Johannesburg from across Africa to launch an institute they hope will expand their roles on the continent The two dozen leaders from Morocco to Swaziland describe their new Institute of African Royalty ...

O ur history in Jamaica and the wider Caribbean is peculiar. When the majority of our ancestors lived in Africa just before the rape of that continent, the tribal system was well established.

When Zhang Zuyue, chief of the Chinese Shipowners' Association, describes the pirates plaguing the Somali coast as "a beaming new star" in the ancient trade of piracy, he is not exaggerating.

The US has imposed a travel ban on a senior Kenyan government official for obstructing efforts to rid the country of corruption.

Maintaining a competent military organization is a challenge for wealthy nations, even in times of relative peace.

Naval forces from about 40 nations, including China, failed to prevent a hijacked mainland ship with 25 crew from reaching a pirates' haven in Somalia.