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...picture that emerges when looking ahead to the next 25 years is almost a nightmare," said McNamara, who focused his remarks on the African population explosion and the hardships it is placing on the developing Sub-Saharan economy...
...Africa despite more than 20 years of intensive foreign assistance. A recent study by the 24-nation Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development found "virtually no progress in per-capita income over the past two decades" in countries south of the Sahara Desert. Worse yet, said the report, sub-Saharan Africa now produces less food per person than it did in 1960, despite the tens of billions of aid dollars spent on rural development. Among reasons for this dismal record: ceaseless political strife, wrongheaded economic policies and a harsh and erratic climate...
...considering the geographic origins of the 147 people, the biologists were even able to determine where Eve lived: samples from those of sub-Saharan African descent showed the most intragroup differences, implying that their mtDNA had had more time to change and thus that their ancestors arose earliest. This finding plus the structure of the family tree indicated sub- Saharan origin, a conclusion that agrees with current archaeological and anthropological theory...
...uses, could save as much as $23 billion on crude this year, which will help offset the loss of export business it has suffered because of the rapid appreciation of the yen. Oil-using nations that are less well off will benefit too. In sub-Saharan Africa, lower expenses for transportation and farming could start to raise living standards after many years of decline. Some countries with state-owned oil companies, notably India and Pakistan, have so far refused to pass savings along to consumers, deciding instead to spend the money on government programs. That position has riled consumers...
Porch's book centers on the colonial factions in late 19th century France, who, in a race with England, wanted to unite French holdings in the northern, central and western parts of Africa by winning the desert and building a trans-Saharan railroad. The French Army of Africa, a military back water filled with officers either boldly ambitious or lazily complacent--but incompetent either way--was eager for a new opportunity to win glory...