What is described in a Financial Times article as Obama's "reserve" and Sarkozy's being "intuitive, impulsive and direct," represents not only a contrast, but also how the two have been influenced by different backgrounds.
I visited Kiberia last week. With local NGO leaders as our guide (and two soldiers carrying automatic rifles) we walked through an adjacent neighborhood slum of Nbuta to visit some families that live there.
Despite climate deniers' attempts to slow progress with the "Climate Gate," the rest of us are hoping the negotiators in Copenhagen will come up with some kind of road map that will lead to positive change.
Janis' music has been widely reported by many throughout the world to have healing qualities. Played in dozens of hospitals with the children and adults in cancer wards, patients and families swear to witnessing various miracles.
On November 29, 1983, a New York Times article written by Lawrence K. Altman ran with the headline “AIDS Now Seen As Worldwide Health Problem.&r...
"I have thankfulness that we live in a country where we have the freedom to speak, even though Todd has never done so actually."
Bella Rose, Red Calypso, Sunny Sher, Wild Thing, Ria, and Inca are all grown here in Kenya--roses with enticing names that give little indication about how they are grown or how the workers are treated.
Generation Y's thirst is to create something lasting that works -- sustainable projects that will continue to affect the lives of those in rural communities for years to come.
The future for urban farmers in Africa continues to be uncertain. Their land could be taken away, the drought could further jeopardize their crops, but they continue to persevere nonetheless.
Headlines rarely do a story justice - especially when it comes to the words "Drought in Africa". They don't capture the feel of the crumbled, arid s...
While many food advocates are concerned about the encroachment of transnational agribusiness into Africa, AGRA is focusing on breeding hybrid seeds locally, a departure from the first green revolution.
By building up the private sector and creating a system of agro-dealers to distribute fertilizer, AGRA is hoping to reduce the gap between farmers and inputs in Kenya.
After Fox reported that Meb Keflezighi, an American runner, had placed first in the marathon, conservative activists questioned Mr. Keflezighi's status as a U.S. citizen, which he became in 1998.
This week we're profiling FilmAid International, a non-profit organization that aims to bring the healing and educating power of cinema to refugees in the most desperate situations.
Suddenly I feel the frenetic anxiety of a harried American lift from my shoulders to be replaced by a state of equanimity and grace. I will be in Africa for two weeks. What difference will a few hours make?
In Rwanda and across Africa, the Millennium Villages project has demonstrated that food scarcity can be all but vanquished if the required resource management, investment and political will are available.
Somalia's civil war constitutes a danger to the whole region, but it is not the only cause of instability. How far will chaos spread, and what is the appropriate US policy response?
The survey, conducted by the University of Minnesota's Opinion Research Institute, measured the opinions of a large cross-section of the nation's most virulent white Obama critics.
With just a few dollars a month, Owino helps pay for school fees, books, uniforms, and shoes for his village, where many walk barefoot on one meal a day.
This year's Tallberg Forum asked: "How on earth can we live together, within the planetary boundaries?" Some scientists and energy policymakers posed a different question that made my hairs stand on end.
International aid agencies predict this winter may bring the worst food crisis to Ethiopia since the infamous famine of 1984-85.
