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...world's largest diamond trade. But, as with even Africa's prosperous nations, the picture is mixed. AIDS is rampant in the Texas-sized country. Of the roughly 1.7 million residents, nearly 40% are infected, which is the world's worst ratio. Quoting former President Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia who called the disease the continent's "deadliest enemy,"Bush promised that "the first thing I wanted the leadership in Africa to know is the American people care deeply about the pandemic that sweeps across this continent...
Seidman spent about half of her childhood in Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania and Zambia with her family before heading off to boarding school in the United States with her twin sister, Neva Seidman Makgetla...
Prichard is heading to a nonprofit in Washington, D.C., after graduation, but not for long—it’s merely a stepping stone on the way to one of two countries that rarely appear near the top of any quality-of-life ranking: Zambia and Zimbabwe. In the long run, he says he’s headed back to Canada. Like a substantial portion of international students at Harvard, he’s eager to get out of the States as soon...
...another segment of Harvard’s international population doesn’t have the luxury of zipping off to Zambia to work on rural development: those who grew up in places like it. The College is home to students of nationalities ranging from Albanian to Zimbabwean, but most of these students don’t plan to tuck their return tickets home inside their diplomas. While they feel strong personal loyalties to their native countries, the opportunity gap between most developing nations and the U.S. is simply too large to overcome...
...CHARGED. FREDERICK CHILUBA, 59, former President of Zambia and the country's first democratically elected leader; with stealing more than $2 million in public funds during his 10-year rule; in Lusaka, Zambia. Chiluba's indictment is said to be part of an anti-corruption campaign launched by his chosen successor, Levy Mwanawasa...