Sub-Saharan Africa News

Sub-Saharan Africa News.

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  Announcing the Global Center for Women's Land Rights

  By Katherine Gustafson | Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:12 AM ET

  session of this year's Clinton Global Initiative, "consider the daily life of the world’s typical small farmer ... she lives in a rural village in Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, or Latin America."Despite women's ubiquity in our world's farming systems, their contribution is rarely recognized, an Read More

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  Madonna Makes Like Bob the Builder In Malawi

  By David Jenison | Wed Oct 28, 2009 1:00 PM ET

  continues, "We created this vision in partnership with the local Malawian Ministry of Education, and other educational experts from Malawi, Sub-Saharan African and elsewhere around the world. We are developing and using innovative educational approaches, cutting-edge architectural desig Read More

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  Big Blue Touts Netbooks for the Developing World

  By Steve Tanner | Thu Sep 24, 2009 2:00 PM ET

  necessarily cheap.Some of these netbooks are a couple hundred dollars, which is still prohibitively expensive for most people living in places like Sub-Saharan Africa. In an effort to reach this market, IBM has released a Linux-based software platform for netbooks, as reported by Bloomberg.Dubbe Read More

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  U2 Brings It Home

  By Caroline Walker | Tue Jul 21, 2009 11:45 AM ET

  He's been advocating and fundraising for a good long while, spearheading many a campaign fighting poverty and infectious disease, primarily in Sub-Saharan Africa. From headlining mega-concerts to shaking hands with presidents and diplomats, he has few peers when using entertainment an Read More

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  There is hope...

  By Dan Estabrook | Mon Dec 22, 2008 4:46 PM ET

  countries, about 2.5 million people are forced to rely on fuels such as wood, charcoal and animal dung to meet energy needs for cooking.  In Sub-Saharan Africa, for example, over 80 percent of people rely on these traditional fuels for cooking - as do over 50% of the populations of Indi Read More

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