Globe and Mail: Is this a new golden age for the poorest continent? – For the first time in generations, Africa is receiving more investment than aid. Transformation appears imminent as jobs and business ventures pour in, but the question on everyone’s mind is, will it help the continent, or only the few elite? (Geoffrey York)
NPR: The Peanut Butter Cure Moves From Hospital To Snack Room – It’s been years since a “peanut butter” treatment for severely malnourished children first hit hospitals with resounding success. The peanut butter, fortified with dried milk, oil, sugar, essential minerals and vitamins to help save kids from stunting, is now on its way to enter daily life as a healthy snack to prevent, rather than treat malnourished kids. But not everyone is convinced, as worries of dependence and diet replacing might stop it in its tracks. (Dan Charles)
NYDaily: A foreign policy win for Obama: Embrace, and invest in, the President’s Malaria Initiative – The President’s Malaria Initiative remains one of the most effective government programs ever to tackle the disease in Africa, yet it is consistently on the budgetary cutting block. Some suggest embracing President Bush’s initiative once again is the true ammunition foreign policy needs. (Kimberly Hess)
Africa Report: What is the link between press freedom and development? – In 2008, UNESCO released a study concerning press freedom and development. What it found was that “No country in the world has both a free press, and high poverty.” The influence a free press has on policy and governance might be just what developing nations need to keep their leaders accountable and solve man-made instances of poverty. (Menelaos Agaloglou)
