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What's Going On?

Interesting news of the day:

Prime Minister Zenawi doesn’t believe the world is taking a tough enough stance on global warming, and his remarks anger other African heads of state (though personally I agree with him)

The top 400 charities in the U.S. see billions less in donations

Senegal offers free education to children from Haiti

Botswana seems to be recovering nicely from the economic crisis

 

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Keena Seyfarth

Keena Seyfarth is a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University, getting a combination Masters degree in International Health and Humanitarian Assistance at the Bloomberg School of Public Health and International Development and International Economics at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, D.C. She has lived much of her life in rural Africa, and traveled extensively through southern and eastern Africa. She recently returned from six months in Ethiopia, where she worked for the public hospital system.