Bloomberg: African Poverty Rises as Global Crisis Erodes Gains (Update1)
Bloomberg details a report published jointly by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the African Development Bank. The global financial crisis has eroded benefits from decades of economic reform in Africa, pushing many countries back into poverty, the report said.

Reuters: FACTBOX-Growth outlook for Africa’s key economies
A top-line glance at how the global crisis is affecting Africa’s key economies from the OECD report.

Financial Times: Zuma appointments help ease business fears
Jacob Zuma, South Africa’s new president, yesterday appointed Trevor Manuel, the country’s respected finance minister, to head a powerful new centralized planning body, reassuring business critics who feared the new leader would shift policy to the left. Pravin Gordhan, head of the country’s tax collection service, is to take over from Mr. Manuel at the finance ministry.

New York Times: An Education
An M.I.T. professor connects the dots between women spending more time in school with lower raters of pregnancy in developing countries.

Boston Globe: Obama, AIDS, and the world (editorial)
The Boston Globe commends President Obama’s broad approach to global health and acknowledges continued successes on AIDS funding. Click on this piece from The Hill to see a more detailed look at the AIDS numbers specifically.

-Chandler Smith