Word: sub-saharan
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...majority of that aid is also politically rather than developmentally motivated—it is used to bribe nations such as Egypt and Turkey into supporting our policies. Only $1.4 billion, which averages $25 per American family, goes to sub-Saharan Africa, the most needy region in the world. These amounts are miniscule—less than annual late fees at Blockbuster or midnight pizza charges at Noch?...
...could the year’s biggest economic success and most desperate disaster be next-door neighbors? Why would these similar sub-Saharan countries face such disparate outcomes...
...dismantled. The Roma make up about 9% of Slovakia's population and their treatment is of particular concern to the European Union, which Slovakia is scheduled to join next year. A U.N. report last month described the living conditions of Central Europe's Roma as "closer to those in sub-Saharan Africa than to Europe," singling out Slovakia as the country with the highest rates of unemployment (64%) and social exclusion among Roma. Representatives of four maternity wards cited in the CRR report and contacted by Time said the allegations were untrue and biased. "It's a load of nonsense...
...genetic purity” of its food, refusing to allow the import of genetically modified food from the U.S. or other countries. This policy has not only been the source of an unseemly spat with the U.S., but has also contributed to the starvation of thousands of people in sub-Saharan Africa...
Even after people are infected with HIV, their lives can be extended greatly by taking antiretrovirals, or protease inhibitors. Unfortunately, these American-patented drugs are currently too expensive for patients in the developing world because we prefer to save pharmaceutical profits instead of human lives. Parts of sub-Saharan Africa have been declared in a “state of emergency,” which means they are legally allowed to breach patents and produce the drugs at little or no profit. However, they have been unable to find a company to do this...