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Sub-Saharan Africa

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2012

    Is the Bush Institute's Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon Program Too Little Too Late?

    At right you see former First Lady Laura Bush, cheerily painting a door at a health clinic in Zambia. The photo was taken earlier this month by a staffer at the Bush Institute, part of the press surrounding the former first couple's visit to Africa earlier this month. It's also included in today's D ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2011

    Eat A Banh Mi, Support Water For Africa -- If You Can Still Get In The Door

    ​The Sunset Lounge will host a Food Truck Smackdown this Friday, October 21, to benefit Ten for 10: Water for Africa, a nonprofit whose primary mission is providing safe, clean drinking water in Sub-Saharan Africa. The group uses dinners and social events to raise both money and awareness fo ... More >>

  • Film

    February 15, 2007

    Accidental Tourists

    Doc treats Sudanese lost boys as feel-good fodder, ignoring their plight and their history

  • Calendar

    November 25, 2004

    We Are the World

    Aiding AIDS through art

  • News

    May 13, 2004

    Tossed Out

    Little Ethiopia businesses get eviction notice

  • News

    December 5, 2002

    Green Giant

    Nobel laureate Norman Borlaug is credited with saving the lives of 1 billion people. So why is a small cadre of activists bent on tarnishing his legacy?

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