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I joined the chorus of those heralding the birth of South Sudan as a new nation in Africa – fathered not by colonial masters but by Africans themselves. But I felt constrained to sound this cautionary note: What looms, however, may cause the southerners’ Independence Day, which they will mark on July 9, to turn… Read more.
Now that the herd-like American media have finished covering the debt-ceiling food fight between Republicans and Democrats, some news organizations are finally beginning to cover the drought and famine plaguing the Horn of Africa. I note especially the series of reports that NBC Nightly News has been airing this week. To welcome their belated attention, I have decided… Read more.
I know, I know: reading about the scourge of famine and drought in Africa is like reading about the menace of guns and drugs in America. And, truth be told, I harbor no illusions that anything I write will have any bearing on the looming fate of millions who are now competing with wild animals… Read more.
I know, I know: reading about the scourge of drought and famine in Africa is like reading about the menace of guns and drugs in America. And truth be told, I harbor no illusions that anything I write will have any bearing on the looming fate of millions who are now competing with wild animals… Read more.
Less than a month after Live8 bands played and G8 leaders pledged to Make Poverty History, international news agencies are reporting that over one-third of Niger’s population of 10 million is on the brink of starvation. But these reports are particularly tragic because, for months, world leaders simply ignored pleas by private voluntary organizations (PVOs)… Read more.
