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Sep 04, 2006
Without UN Peacekeepers, What Hope for Darfur?
In an escalation of its long-held position that UN peacekeepers will not be granted permission to enter the country, the Arab-led government of Sudan has insisted this week that the African Union force currently in Darfur leave unless it agrees to accept a proposal blocking UN access to the region.
Aug 31, 2006
US Bill Supporting African Growth Up for Renewal
Congressman Charles Rangel is pushing for a provision that limits US tax-free status to goods from sub-Saharan Africa for which the African value-add is 20 percent or higher, a limitation that could kill the region’s textile assembly industry.
Aug 30, 2006
Grass-roots Organizations Leap into the Katrina Relief Gap
Days after the hurricane, community organizations came forward to fill the gap in services to New Orleans’ poor communities.
Aug 22, 2006
Who is Generous? (Government Edition)
The Netherlands placed first in this year’s Commitment to Development Index, a ranking of governments’ development efforts.
Aug 10, 2006
Can Africa Learn to Share Its Wealth?
South Africa is the continent’s largest, most diverse economy. Yet unemployment remains at about 30 percent, and rising interest rates and a weak rand are challenging growth. The root problem, say experts, is that South Africa has one of the world’s most unequal divisions of wealth.
Aug 08, 2006
HIV & AIDS: The South African Case
What happens when a drug exists and is available in sufficient quantities at no or low cost but the patient won’t take it? This is the question addressed in Tina Rosenberg’s New York Times Magazine article published this past Sunday on the HIV/AIDS.