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Smithsonian November 2006 Paul Raffaele |
The Smart and Swinging Bonobo Civil war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has threatened the existence of wild bonobos, while new research on the hypersexual primates challenges their peace-loving reputation. |
Smithsonian November 2006 Paul Raffaele |
Bonobo Paradise Founded by Claudine Andre, a Belgian woman raised in the Congo, Lola Ya Bonobo is home to 52 bonobos, from infants to adults, most of them orphaned when their mothers were slaughtered for bushmeat. |
National Defense August 2006 Sandra I. Erwin |
Navy Deeds in West Africa Aim to Curb Terrorism, Secure Access to Oil Worries about the expansion of Islamic extremist groups in Western Africa and the growing influence of China have spurred U.S. military presence there, particularly along the coast of the Gulf of Guinea. |
Finance & Development June 1, 2006 Gulde & Pattillo |
Adding Depth Africa can achieve even higher economic growth through financial sector reform. |
Parameters Summer 2006 Dan Henk |
The Environment, the US Military, and Southern Africa Regardless of who ultimately takes responsibility for creating the focus, the US military would get more from its environmental investments in southern Africa if they were part of a more coherent strategy for dealing with regional environmental opportunities and threats. |
InternetNews March 23, 2006 Roy Mark |
Nigerian E-mail Scam Artists Indicted Dutch authorities are holding the three men pending extradition to the United States for a spam-delivered advance fee scheme that promised large returns for fronting legal costs of a charitable effort. |
Finance & Development March 1, 2006 Pattillo, Gupta & Carey |
Growing Pains With Africa's growth finally picking up, the challenge is to accelerate and sustain the pace to reduce poverty. |
Finance & Development March 1, 2006 |
Mozambique Here are charts depicting the country's impressive progress on growth and poverty reduction thanks to prudent macroeconomic policies, far-reaching structural reforms, and substantial donor assistance. |
Outside March 2006 |
Apocalypse Nile A daring upriver expedition gets back on the water after a deadly attack |
Reason March 2006 Tim Harford |
Why Poor Countries Are Poor The problem is that Cameroon, like other poor countries, is a topsy-turvy place where it's in most people's interest to take actions that directly or indirectly damage everyone else. |
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