this is good i suppose, but what about the millions of people in our own country that need aid and attention...who's looking after them?

Quoted: India PM Manmohan Singh says the country will invest heavily in development projects in Africa to bolster economies ties.

It amazes me that a Head-of-State can be so stubbornly ignorant that he's actually denying the dying women and children of his country the proper treatment for HIV/Aids b/c he doesn't believe HIV leads to Aids...argh!

Quoted: Despite data suggesting better AIDS treatment courses are available in South Africa, the government has been slow to implement them.

Quoted: Experts condemn a lack of progress in reducing the number of deaths during pregnancy and childbirth.

Quoted: HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- Pets are being slaughtered for meat in shortage-stricken Zimbabwe and record numbers of animals have been surrendered to shelters or abandoned ...

Quoted: Manufacturing has suffered in Africa as cheap Chinese goods flood the market, eliminating needed jobs.
Today, only the cotton gin still runs, with the company’s Chinese managers buying raw cotton for export to China’s humming textile industry. Nobody can say when or even if the factory here will reopen.

“We are back where we started,” said Wilfred Collins Wonani, who leads the Chamber of Commerce here, sighing at the loss of one of the city’s biggest employers. “Sending raw materials out, bringing cheap manufactured goods in. This isn’t progress. It is colonialism.”

this is quite the problem. will Africa ever be at the positive end of the global market, and if so, how? obviously, export of raw goods has been a key to many African nations, but that alone cannot sustain an economy in this emerging high-skilled labor boost of the global economy? should China be blamed or do African nations need to emphasize the training of skilled-labor...

Quoted: US actress Mia Farrow has offered her freedom in exchange for that of a respected rebel figure in Sudan.

wow

Quoted: Amazon.com: We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda: Books: Philip Gourevitch by Philip Gourevitch

with increasing violence in North and North East Africa, thought it appropriate to dot this book. FANTASTIC

Journalist Philip Gourevitch returns to Rwanda two years after the genocide to view the aftermath and recount the horrors...it's a non-fiction book. What all happened in Rwanda and the lack of action from the US, Europe, etc. is not only uphauling, but simply, in my mind, unethical. You will cry, possibly even stay awake, but you NEED to read this book. One question for you all, when should the US and EU, NATO be a policing body in the international arena?

Quoted: The soaring demand for a Ugandan tree believed to boost a man's libido may lead to its extinction, experts warn.

This is Mother Nature's way of saying "Africa, you have too many people, not enough resources to accommodate them, and now I'm cutting off your Viagra prescription."

Quoted: In a consulting room at the Black Lion teaching hospital in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, a pregnant woman lies on a couch, while an ultrasound ...Although a hospital in India is part of the initial hook-up, Ratan Singh, the enthusiastic project manager stresses that this is not about providing Indian medical expertise to Africa.
What he is doing, he says, is to provide a technical platform, a means of sharing expertise, which African health services can use however they think best.

This is really a great, innovative method, utilizing simple technology, to provide better quality healthcare to millions in need. But what about improving healthcare to the millions in need in India itself?