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...very enlightening to realize that the rest of the world is responsible for an African country's drought and poverty and that in order to prevent another Darfur, we must halt climate change. What an arrogant, ignorant idea. Sub-Saharan Africa has been and will remain a place that will barely eke out life in the best of times and will remain poverty stricken despite the rest of the world's climate policy. I have sympathy for the people of Darfur, but advocating steps to stop global warming is just wishful thinking, and using the people of Darfur to further...
...Royal Livingstone on the Zambian side of Victoria Falls sets itself a tough task by attempting to be hotel enough to rival Africa's most famous spectacle. It succeeds in cherry-picking the best bits (Victorian exploring parasols, butlers and leather luggage) and cutting out the worst (sweat, danger, warm drinks). Each of the 173 rooms has a balcony with an uninterrupted view of the Zambezi River and the tumbling mist beyond; the main building is a series of serene, thatched atria, more reminiscent of Bali than the bush; and there are friendly zebras in the gardens. The food...
Once suitably soaked, perhaps with an authentic fleck of rain-forest mud or two around your ankles, forge your way back to the Livingstone for lunch. After a morning discovering Africa, most guests quite rightly opt for an afternoon by the pool. Children and companions with attention-deficit disorder can be diverted to helicopter rides over the Falls or game drives in the tiny adjacent Mosi-oa-Tunya Zoological Park, which boasts five white rhinos, as well as antelopes, giraffes and buffalos. Exploring this ain't - and it's all the better for it. www.suninter national.com
...thing they need is better p.r. The news loves to talk about all the terrible situations, but it is very resistant to talk about the success. Liberia has a female President. That is huge, isn't it? Cameroon has turned itself around. If people in this country think of Africa as a place with kids and flies swarming around their heads, then they won't understand that these people are you and you are them...
...could foresee or control, encompassing work on global warming and the crisis in Darfur. Young Evangelicals still have their heroes and their causes, but those were less likely to be Falwell and Pat Robertson fighting abortion and gay marriage than Bono and Rick Warren addressing poverty and AIDS in Africa. When Falwell talked of AIDS, it was about God's punishment of homosexuals. When Warren, who also views homosexuality as a sin, talks about AIDS, it's about how to stop its spread and minister to the suffering. When he hosts a global AIDS summit, Warren invites both Barack Obama...