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...would be too small to feed her family even if the rains had been plentiful. The soil nutrients have been depleted so significantly in this part of Malawi that crop yields reach only about a half-ton per acre, about one-third of normal. This year, because of the drought, she will get almost nothing. She reaches into her apron and pulls out a handful of semi-rotten, bug-infested millet, which will be the basis for the gruel she will prepare for the meal that evening. It will be the one meal the children have that...
...total number of people living in extreme poverty, the World Bank estimates, is 1.1 billion, down from 1.5 billion in 1981. While that is progress, much of the one-sixth of humanity in extreme poverty suffers the ravages of AIDS, drought, isolation and civil wars, and is thereby trapped in a vicious cycle of deprivation and death. Moreover, while the economic boom in East Asia has helped reduce the proportion of the extreme poor in that region from 58% in 1981 to 15% in 2001, and in South Asia from 52% to 31%, the situation is deeply entrenched in Africa...
...With the exception of drought, Africa has not experienced many of the natural disasters that affect other areas. We are, however, plagued by man-made disasters resulting from our corrupt leaders' mismanagement and plunder of our natural resources. The result is that masses of our people wallow in penury. Stella Ahumibe Owerri, Nigeria...
...game’s first five points and taking a 23-22 lead with 12:20 remaining in the first half, Harvard went scoreless for more than eight minutes and fell behind 34-25. Forward Shana Franklin’s layup with 2:25 remaining ended the offensive drought, but Robertson’s buzzer-beating jumper at the end of the half gave Brown a 40-31 advantage at the break...
...Flynn explained, though, the relative scoring drought has been more a result of stronger competition than of struggles on offense...