Word: sudan
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...Once you get a position like UC president, everything you say gets picked up or noticed. Once you really begin to get a taste of that you realize that you can use this power to do something important, like save people’s lives in Sudan instead of ‘let’s host another movie night...
...measures that the IMF demands in exchange for its loans. Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere calls the IMF a "substitute for colonialism," charging that it and other international institutions have become "tools of the rich nations to control the economies of poor nations." The fund has been particularly unpopular in Sudan, where a military coup toppled the government three weeks ago. Before his overthrow, President Gaafar Nimeiri had been unable to fashion an economic program that satisfied the IMF. As a result, aid from creditor nations was cut off, and a lack of foreign currency led to shortages of bread...
...nearly seven years the starving, drought-stricken people of western Sudan yearned for rain. But when wet weather finally arrived this month, it proved to be yet another kind of curse. A heavy deluge produced flash floods that raced through long-dry riverbeds and rushed over brick-hard earth, turning airstrips into quagmires and rendering roads and rail lines impassable. The torrent washed out a vital railroad bridge that linked the region to Port Sudan, cutting off hundreds of thousands of famine victims from emergency food supplies...
...estimated 150 million Africans in 36 countries suffer from food shortages and for once, the O.A.U. leaders subordinated political differences to concentrate on solving their common problem. The group resolved to "get to the root of Africa's food and agricultural crisis" by developing crash and long-range programs. Sudan's leader, General Abdul Rahman Suwar al Dahab, told the group that Western emergency relief, "no matter how massive," could not cure the "inherent ailment in the economies of our countries." Said he: "Self-reliance is the most crucial factor if we are to address ourselves squarely and pragmatically...
...situation in Africa has deteriorated, some foreign donors have responded with more aid. A consortium that includes the U.S. and the European Community is helping repair Sudan's washed-out rail line. The Community and several member countries have agreed to provide air and truck transportation to meet shortages created by rail problems...