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Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- China plans build and manage a toll road from Uganda’s Entebbe International Airport to the capital, Kampala, to reduce congestion, Uganda’s presidency said.
The lives of almost 4 million women, newborns, and children in sub-Saharan Africa could be saved every year if well-established, affordable health care interventions reached 90 percent of families
China's focus on agriculture and infrastructure development in Africa aims to help the poverty-ravaged continent achieve economic independence, its commerce minister said Monday, stepping up a push by the Asian giant to battle criticism it was plundering the continent's resources.
This week's Impact blog posts covered a typically divergent range of topics, and as anyone who's kept up with the American news cycle of late knows, there's often very little time to consider one topic before the next one pops up. Our dedicated Impact bloggers have, however, given us reason to pause and think more critically on several oft-overlooked issues, both domestic and international.
NEW YORK, Nov. 9, 2009 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Nine-time X Games Gold Medalist and Rally legend, Travis Pastrana, is ready to rev up the movement to race to end poverty on this planet.
At the foot of Kgale Hill, the sudden appearance of new shops caused a bit of a buzz as bemused locals seeking to book a haircut or buy beer found themselves turned away from a film set.
Thousands of Americans are expressing outrage over a new bill in Uganda that would heavily penalize those involved in homosexuality.
( University of Arizona ) A $1.3 Million grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will fund the next phase of research that is critical to global food security.
Hard Rock Kicks Off "Imagine There's No Hunger" Campaign to Benefit WHY (World Hunger Year) with Exclusive Performance by Artist Ambassadors O.A.R. Yoko Ono Lennon has teamed up with Hard Rock International for Imagine There's No Hunger, a global campaign to benefit WHY - a nonprofit organization that strives to fight against hunger and poverty around the world. Dedicated to its Love All, Serve ...
10. RESTON, Virginia (CNN) -- William Kim still calls the cell phone of his son, a 21-year-old senior at Virginia Tech, just to hear his voice. He feels cheated out of a chance to save his only boy.
Officials say they have quelled the start of a new rebellion. Security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo have arrested about 100 armed men blamed for killing dozens of policemen in an attack in the country's isolated north last month, the government said Sunday.
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – An international research team announced today that they have sequenced a first draft version of the cassava genome.
Currently in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, three militias are fighting a war over the minerals sold all over the world to be put into cell phones, laptops and other electronics that many Americans use every day.
By Carol Anders Correspondent PLYMOUTH — Area Hospice and Palliative Care staff and volunteers heard first-hand of the needs for aid for palliative care in the country of Uganda.
Miranda Roy, 21, of Newburg found college life lacking inspiration, so she'll set out on an 11 month, 11 country mission trip.
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine -- A 2008 University of Maine at Presque Isle graduate is headed to Uganda to discuss a study he completed this summer that concluded spending money on family planning, rather ...
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