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  • What is wrong with African leaders? 25 Nov 2009 00:44 GMT
    ... embezzlement are a way of life for African leaders. From South Africa to Egypt there is no country where corruption is ... Cameroon, The Gambia, Sudan, Uganda, Libya, Zimbawe, Tunisia a Kleptocracy class of people have replaced ...

  • Africa's Nutrition Environment 25 Nov 2009 06:31 GMT
    ... The food and nutrition situation in Africa has been characterized by overall inadequate food ... have reversed the gains made in reducing poverty over the last few decades. The first ... This leads to reduced micronutrient intakes among poor people and to decreased calorie consumption among the ...

  • Banda opens Zambia planting season at IFC-supported farm 25 Nov 2009 15:34 GMT
    ... supported by the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC’s) Zambia Emergent Farmer Finance and Support Programme, which ... enterprises. Agriculture contributes almost a quarter of Africa’s gross domestic product and employs about 70% ... which threaten to send millions back into poverty. IFC’s direct investments and investments through financial ...

  • Women violence and poverty: Breaking out of the gender trap 25 Nov 2009 10:17 GMT
    ... Women violence and poverty: Breaking out of the gender trap Women ... or reach health services. Women in South Africa, particularly black women, are disproportionately affected by ...

  • Women, violence and poverty - breaking out of the gender trap 25 Nov 2009 12:16 GMT
    ... Women, violence and poverty - breaking out of the gender trap ... or reach health services. Women in South Africa, particularly black women, are disproportionately affected by ...

  • Tunisia observes international Day for the elimination of violence against women 25 Nov 2009 16:16 GMT
    ... Tunisia observes international Day for the elimination of ... armed conflicts and the growing phenomena of poverty, famine, disease and extremism, has made the ...

  • $8.8 billion the magic malnutrition number? 25 Nov 2009 10:30 GMT
    ... not had high-level political attention,” he said. “Malnutrition has no champions....Malnutrition is typically everyone’s business ... same goal, Rees told IRIN. UNICEF West Africa spokesperson Martin Dawes said UN agencies, NGOs, donors ... dollars in nutrition interventions, Rees said. In Niger, hit by a malnutrition crisis in 2005, it would ...

  • Will Africa's farmland become a "resource curse"? 25 Nov 2009 01:33 GMT
    ... Mike Davis teases out the mechanisms of famine in British-ruled 19th century India. When a ... to buy up or lease farmland in Africa. One thing that strikes me is the ... an influential voice on issues of world poverty, published a provocative article in Foreign Affairs in ...

  • Will Africa's farmland become a 'resource curse'? 25 Nov 2009 17:57 GMT
    ... Mike Davis teases out the mechanisms of famine in British-ruled 19th century India. When a ... to buy up or lease farmland in Africa. One thing that strikes me is the ... an influential voice on issues of world poverty, published a provocative article in Foreign Affairs in ...

  • Africa, leave Gay People alone 25 Nov 2009 05:56 GMT
    ... However, in 2002, when the then-President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo signed the bill that forbade ... five years behind bars. For some reason, Africans want to be too sacred, and rather ... most pressing issues that affect Africa today- poverty, Health issues, Corruption, lack of accountability, ethnic ...

  • U.S.$8.8 Billion the Magic Malnutrition Number? 25 Nov 2009 20:31 GMT
    ... not had high-level political attention," he said. "Malnutrition has no champions....Malnutrition is typically everyone's business ... same goal, Rees told IRIN. UNICEF West Africa spokesperson Martin Dawes said UN agencies, NGOs, donors ...

  • Ethiopian Famine 25 Nov 2009 08:47 GMT
    ... By Julian Morris and Karol Boudreaux A familiar story of looming famine is filtering out of East Africa. Again, a World Summit on Food Security last week was designed to address the symptoms ...

  • HKI's Shawn Baker honored for groundbreaking research on malnutrition 25 Nov 2009 11:51 GMT
    ... At two recent conferences on innovative malnutrition research organized by the Copenhagen Consensus Center, ... Shawn Baker, VP & Regional Director for Africa, was awarded the first prize of 25,000 Danish ...

  • St. Louis County friends say plane crash in Africa won't stop documentary 25 Nov 2009 09:57 GMT
    ... Louis County friends say plane crash in Africa won't stop documentary The documentary was supposed ... believes he should help people in extreme poverty on the other side of the world, ...

  • Sports And Poverty Elimination 25 Nov 2009 13:14 GMT
    ... offers an unforgettable holiday and business experience in ... FIFA Under-20 World Cup in far away Egypt. The victory in a way took away ... possibly other members of their families from poverty and place them in a world of ...


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