Word: juma
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...sets over Nairobi's sprawling Kibera slum, a sweet smell wafts through a small house where Malahasen Juma is cooking dinner for her eight children: a handful of onions, chopped and tossed into a pot of steaming maize porridge and leftover vegetables. Until recently Juma would spice up suppers with beef or fish stews. But not now. "Everything is more expensive," she says. "The children need milk, but I cannot afford that. Meat is a luxury now, not a necessity. We are just living at God's mercy...
...Kennedy School of Government Africa Caucus and the school’s Africa Policy Journal, focused on the economic needs of the continent and sought predictions about Africa’s future. But panelists were hesitant to do just that, said Professor of the Practice of International Development Calestous Juma, the event’s moderator. The controversy of the recent Nigerian election figured prominently in the minds of both audience members and panelists. According to Ketsela, the election signaled the growing strength of democratic institutions on the continent. However, one audience member said the reaction of other African countries...
...handed over to the Somali government. When the Semlow's generator ran out of oil, the pirates accused the crew of hoarding it. One Somali fired a shot through the window on the bridge. "We thought this trip was the end of our lives," remembered able seaman Rashid Juma Mwatuga, 42. In late September the Ibn Batuta, an Egyptian ship carrying cement, appeared on the horizon. "The pirates told me they were going to hijack this passing ship," says Mahalingam. "What could I do?" The pirates jumped into their speedboats. Half an hour later the Egyptian ship's captain radioed...
...other Harvard affiliates on the list of inductees are: Higgins Professor of Biology Daniel L. Hartl, Professor of Medicine Christophe O. Benoist, and Professor of the Practice of International Development Calestous Juma, who received the foreign designation and is also the director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and the Kennedy School of Government...
...July, Kuwait's Hussain Makki Al Juma, managing director of 15 financial organizations around the world, was found by a London court to have defaulted on a personal loan of nearly $74 million. Yet Al Juma was re-elected in August to the board of the Bahrain-Kuwait Investment Group, which he has headed since...