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...tool to evaluate governments' humanitarian spending can help countries get aid out more efficiently to those who need it, say former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the Spain-based non-profit DARA. Their Humanitarian Response Index (HRI), launched Thursday in London, ranks Sweden as the world leader in humanitarian aid. Norway comes second, followed by Denmark, the Netherlands and the European Commission. The U.S. scores a lowly 16th out of 23. (See the full rankings below...
NELSON MANDELA, on the goals of the Elders, a global diplomatic team made up of former world leaders, including Jimmy Carter, Desmond Tutu and Kofi Annan...
...Department of Communications Chair James S. Fishkin could not be reached for comment last night. While the department is poised to gain two familiar faces, Af-Am studies will be losing two newly added members. Rosen Professor of Music and Professor of African and African American Studies Kofi Agawu is returning to Princeton University after he was hired last year from the New Jersey school by former Af-Am Department Chair Henry Louis “Skip” Gates, Jr. His wife, Christiana Agawu, who is the director of African outreach at the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African...
...disappointments of the Deh family of Ghana [March 12]. I am a Tanzanian of East Indian ancestry, and I believe that Africa has a lot of potential, not only in its vast natural resources, space and beauty but also in its young people, such as 18-year-old Delight Kofi Aka Deh. If this potential could be harnessed by democracy (the best antidote to tribalism) and the economic freedom of private enterprise, Africa could be the next economic success story, even a miracle. Ashok Sharma, Flintridge, California...
...disappointments of the Deh family of Ghana [March 5]. I am a Tanzanian of East Indian ancestry, and I believe that Africa has a lot of potential, not only in its vast natural resources, space and beauty but also in its young people, such as 18-year-old Delight Kofi Aka Deh. If this potential could be harnessed by democracy (the best antidote to tribalism) and the economic freedom of private enterprise, Africa could be the next economic success story, even a miracle. Ashok Sharma, FLINTRIDGE, CALIFORNIA...