Sub Saharan Africa

Women Farmers in the Developing World

Dan Silverstein | Posted 11.10.2009 | World


Dan Silverstein

In Sub-Saharan Africa, 80% of agricultural workers are women. According to the World Bank,They raise 90% of the food, but receive only 10% of credit extended for agricultural loans.

Climate Change Displacing Thousands

LA Times | Edmund Sanders | Posted 10.25.2009 | Green


Africa is already home to one-third of the 42 million people worldwide uprooted by ethnic slaughter, despots and war. But experts say climate change i...

Growing Businesses in African Soil

Dan Silverstein | Posted 09.28.2009 | Business


Dan Silverstein

It's in our own self-interest to jump start agricultural development with the goal of creating markets for ourselves.

Information Technology Means No More Excuses

Pres. Paul Kagame | Posted 09.27.2009 | World


Pres. Paul Kagame

It is information technology, above all else, that has lifted the shroud of silence that, at one time, obscured the heinous acts of a few deranged men. The world has fewer excuses for intolerance and poverty.

In Response to Liya Kebede: Our Responsiblity to Improving Maternal Health

Ray Chambers | Posted 08.24.2009 | World


Ray Chambers

For HIV, women account for 60 percent of the disease in sub-Saharan Africa and transmission from mothers to newborns is a significant, yet solvable problem.

G8's Killer Failure on Africa - Millions of Children at Risk

World Vision | Posted 08.09.2009 | World


World Vision

We know that when the G8 chooses to act it can make a real impact on child deaths. But this summit's failure on aid for Africa suggests a real low point.

Can HIV/AIDS Donors be the Lead "Gender Bender" of Global Development?

Nandini Oomman | Posted 07.31.2009 | World


Nandini Oomman

When it comes to HIV/AIDS and gender, big donors talk the talk but sometimes stumble when it comes time to walk the walk in the prevention, treatment and care programs that they fund.

Joining Together in the Fight Against AIDS

John Tedstrom | Posted 07.26.2009 | World


John Tedstrom

In our work around the world, we have witnessed firsthand the destructive power of this disease. Although its pain invades every aspect of family life and human emotion, the toll is also economic.

World Hunger Reaches 1 Billion: UN

AP | ALESSANDRA RIZZO | Posted 07.20.2009 | World


ROME — The global financial meltdown has pushed the ranks of the world's hungry to a record 1 billion, a grim milestone that poses a threat to p...

Fighting Malaria: The Cure Is Action

Edward J. Murray | Posted 05.25.2009 | World


Edward J. Murray

"BedNets Now!" calls to people around the world to listen to the mandates of their own faith and to see the simple fact that ending malaria in the poorest regions of the world is "do-able" and should be done.

AIDS Charity and our Domestic Needs

Cord Jefferson | Posted 01.11.2009 | Living


Cord Jefferson

Among Manhattan's middle-aged black men, the HIV/AIDS rates are comparable to those of sub-Saharan Africa. Blacks in the United States are at a flash point in their struggle with AIDS.

Mugabe At African Union: An Uneasy Reception

AP | ANNA JOHNSON and PAUL SCHEMM | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics


SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt — Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe entered an African summit accompanied by the meeting's host Monday, a sign that African...

Economist Jeffrey Sachs: "We'll Get Out of This Mess"

Michelle Haimoff | Posted 04.23.2008 | Business


Michelle Haimoff

Sachs described our current economic situation as "intentional" and pointed fingers at Alan Greenspan, The Fed, and an unpopular and weak administration that is "financing a war that nobody supports."