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...star speak for "Very soon." A judge in Malawi last week approved her bid to take home a motherless 1-year-old, a move applauded by the boy's father. But local rights groups still objected. Apparently Madge's efforts to raise millions of dollars to help the sub-Saharan country's 900,000 or so orphans doesn't change the fact that she's no Angelina Jolie...
...Raising Malawi” will be a success, if it is, will Angelina and company feel the need to increase their charitable giving? Oprah could very well respond by buying cars for each man, woman, and child in the Third World. Angelina might adopt every last sub-Saharan baby that has not already been claimed. A veritable “babe-in-arms race” might ensue, as Hollywood elites stockpile orphans and worry about a charitable-giving gap.This build-up will obviously benefit the world’s poor, but it will also benefit the givers themselves...
...failed. Though blessed with vast oil reserves, Africa's most populous nation has been crippled by years of military rule and mismanagement. According to the World Bank, 70% of Nigerians live on less than $1 a day. But three years ago, Nigeria became only the second country in sub-Saharan Africa (after South Africa) to launch its own satellite. NigeriaSat-1 took off from Russia but is controlled by Nigerian scientists and engineers from a ground station in Abuja. The satellite, which was built in Britain, is part of a network called the Disaster Monitoring Constellation. Its job includes keeping...
Many African countries that used to subsidize fertilizers stopped under pressure from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, forcing farmers to return to subsistence practices. Today farmers in sub-Saharan Africa use about 7 lbs. of fertilizer per acre, compared with 75 lbs. in South America, 87 lbs. in North America and 91 lbs. in South Asia...
Even if the governments and farmers do everything right, it could take decades to see widespread improvements. But the countries of sub-Saharan Africa may have no choice. If they are ever to get their houses in order, they must first start with their fields...