Sustainability and nutrition solve some of the AIDS/HIV problems locally and around the world. Here’s how sustainability works. Farming can solve many problems related to AIDS/HIV. For one example, see the article, "In Africa, Fighting Aids by Farming." Babies born to HIV-infected mothers can be HIV-negative with the proper treatments. But for the treatments to work correctly, […]
Land Rights Confusion Hinders Darfur IDP Returns
As pressure mounts to send IDPs home, little is being said about the crucial issue of land rights. By Katy Glassborow, Tajeldin Abdhalla Adam and Blake Evans-Pritchard in The Hague (AR No 237, 25-Nov-09) Abdalla Adam, an IDP (internally displaced person) leader from Alryad camp in El Geneina, West Darfur, says that he desperately […]
Journalists to discuss issues of ‘Climate Change’ in New Delhi
The UN convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meeting in Copenhagen in December 2009 (the COP15), negotiations on a post 2012 agreement have greatly intensified. However, there is absolutely no consensus even within and between industrial countries on these issues, while the divide between industrial and developing countries has grown wide. In addition to commitments […]
Does what you eat in the morning influence how you’ll do on a school or work exam?
Thousands of students from first grade through graduate school take exams ranging from quizzes to college entrance and state licensing assessments, but few know what’s best to eat in order to ace the test. According to an October 18, 2009 press release, "Eat to excel on exam day," from the Dietitians Association of Australia, healthy eating […]
Uganda Oil Discovery Stokes Ethnic Tensions
Oil bonanza is overshadowed by a tribal land dispute. By Bill Oketch in Kampala (AR No 229, 08-Sep-09) The discovery of vast reserves of oil in western Uganda has sparked widespread conflict over land ownership, as ethnic groups in the region vie for a share in the wealth. Uganda’s energy ministry says that two billion […]
The Obama Administration: Policy for Nigeria and Africa
Witney W. Schneidman, an adviser on African affairs to President Barack Obama during the Presidential campaign spelled out Obama’s cardinal policy objectives for Africa: http://www.afripol.org/Obama.htm "Barack Obama will pursue three fundamental objectives on the continent. One is to accelerate Africa’s integration into the global economy. A second is to enhance the peace and security […]
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