<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Sub-Saharan Africa: News &amp; Videos about Sub-Saharan Africa - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Sub_Saharan_Africa</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Sub-Saharan Africa from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:38:45 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Sub-Saharan Africa: News &amp; Videos about Sub-Saharan Africa - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Sub_Saharan_Africa</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Sub-Saharan Africa from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>U.N. report: New HIV infections decreasing</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/11/24/hiv.aids.decline/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/11/24/hiv.aids.decline/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>New HIV infections have fallen worldwide by 17 percent over the past eight years, a testament to prevention efforts, according to a U.N. report released Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:16:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Africa's new apartheid</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/13/news/international/china_africa_apartheid.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/13/news/international/china_africa_apartheid.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>There's an irony afoot on the African continent. After years of state control of their economies, African governments are opening up to foreign business as never before.</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fight against Islamic militants forces Nigerians to flee</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/29/nigeria.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/29/nigeria.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>More than 2,500 Nigerians caught in the fighting between Islamic militants and government forces have fled their homes in the northern part of the country, a Red Cross spokeswoman said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Battles with militants kill hundreds in Nigeria, group says</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/28/nigeria.violence.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/28/nigeria.violence.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>More than 400 people have been killed in a spate of violence in northern Nigeria, the president of a human rights group said Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Nigeria: Scores die after battle with militants</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/27/nigeria.violence.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/27/nigeria.violence.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>As many as 150 people may have been killed as Islamic militants battled Nigerian government police and troops Sunday and Monday in the north-central part of the nation, officials said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Nigerian police accused over riot deaths</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/20/nigeria.lagos.riots/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/20/nigeria.lagos.riots/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Police and soldiers killed at least 133 people during two days of riots between Muslims and Christians in Nigeria last year, Human Rights Watch alleged Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:54:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Doctors target meningitis outbreak in Africa</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/29/africa.meningitis/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/29/africa.meningitis/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Doctors Without Borders has embarked on a massive vaccination campaign in three African countries to combat an outbreak of meningitis that has killed hundreds of people, the organization said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 04:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Can malaria deaths be eradicated by 2015?</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/23/world.malaria.day/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/23/world.malaria.day/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Malaria is preventable and curable, yet every 30 seconds, a child in sub-Saharan Africa dies from the disease, according to the World Health Organization.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Soccer pro survives malaria, now helps others</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/conditions/04/24/malaria.soccer.survivor/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/conditions/04/24/malaria.soccer.survivor/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Saana Nyassi considers himself lucky.</description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 17:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Yes, we can eradicate malaria</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/conditions/04/25/fauci.malaria/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/conditions/04/25/fauci.malaria/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>For the past few decades when talking about malaria, public health officials and malaria experts have avoided the word "eradication."</description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 14:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Lesson for Africa from global economic crisis</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/20/maathai.economic.crisis.africa/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/20/maathai.economic.crisis.africa/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>If there is one thing that Africa can learn from the global financial crisis it's that the West doesn't always get it right, Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai told CNN.</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Map offers hope in fight against malaria</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/03/24/malaria.map/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/03/24/malaria.map/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A new map illustrating global malaria risk in unprecedented detail suggests that wiping out the disease in many parts of the world is possible.</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pope visits Africa, reaffirms ban on condoms</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/17/cameroon.pope/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/17/cameroon.pope/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Pope Benedict XVI refused Wednesday to soften the Vatican's ban on condom use as he arrived in Africa for his first visit to the continent as pope.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Pope wrong on condoms</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/18/martin.condoms/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/18/martin.condoms/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The African-American religious community deserves considerable praise for taking leadership of the civil rights movement during the first half of the 20th century.</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:28:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Water fresh from the tarp</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/07/15/olsen.solar/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/07/15/olsen.solar/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>It may look like an air mattress you might see lying around next to a swimming pool but in reality its function couldn't be less trivial.</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:58:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Thirsty world: Desperate quest for water</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/09/23/what.matters.thirst/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/09/23/what.matters.thirst/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Water is the key to life. It is fundamental to all human activities. Water grows the food we eat, generates the energy that supports our modern economies and maintains the ecological services on which we all depend. Yet billions of people worldwide still lack access to the most basic human right: safe, clean, adequate water.</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Debate Over Circumcision, HIV Reduction</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1848024,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1848024,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A new study finds no signficant reduction in H.I.V. transmission rates among circumcised men who have sex with men, but the authors say the issue deserves future study</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>High-Speed Internet Coming to Africa</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1841175,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1841175,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Boosting connectivity should do the same to the continent's social and economic health, granting citizens access to crucial online health, education and government services</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Opening up Africa</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/BUSINESS/09/09/execed.africa/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/BUSINESS/09/09/execed.africa/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>One of the key elements of many business schools' student intake is its diversity -- leading programs often have dozens of nations represented, including some from developing economies.</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>AIDS chief still hopeful for eventual vaccine, cure</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/08/05/fauci.hiv.column/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/08/05/fauci.hiv.column/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>This week, more than 25,000 people from the global HIV/AIDS community are in Mexico City, Mexico, attending the XVII International AIDS Conference. I am pleased to be among them.</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>UN: Fewer AIDS Deaths Globally</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1827645,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1827645,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Fewer people are dying of AIDS, more patients are on HIV medication
and the global AIDS epidemic is stable after peaking in the late
1990s</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Spain: Boat migrants die, bodies cast into sea</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/07/12/migrants.dead/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/07/12/migrants.dead/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Spanish Interior Ministry says the death toll among migrants found packed aboard a boat trying to reach one of Spain's Canary Islands has risen to at least six.</description><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>15 dead as migrants attempt to reach Spain</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/07/10/spain.migrants/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/07/10/spain.migrants/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Fifteen Africans died while trying to reach Spain's southern coast in a small, overcrowded boat, Spanish officials told CNN on Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:28:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Warming Threatens Global Security</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1817812,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1817812,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Global warming is likely to increase illegal immigration, create humanitarian disasters and destabilize precarious governments in political hot spots according to an intelligence report</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Malaria-Fighting Mosquitoes to Come?</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1816264,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1816264,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>In a cramped, humid laboratory in London, mosquitoes swarming in
    stacked, net-covered cages are being scrutinized for keys to
    controlling malaria</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Report: Child Soldiers Decreasing</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1808223,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1808223,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The number of conflicts in which child soldiers were involved dropped sharply from 27 in 2004 to 17 at the end of last year, according to a United Nations report</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 13:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Protests raise fears of food crisis</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/BUSINESS/04/15/food.prices/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/BUSINESS/04/15/food.prices/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Food prices are soaring sending political shockwaves around the world but the reasons behind the looming crisis are numerous and complicated.</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:28:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>All about: Rural communities</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/31/eco.ruralcommunities/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/31/eco.ruralcommunities/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>It is said that nowhere else on earth will the impacts of climate change be felt more acutely than in the developing world. </description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Testing for Heart Risk More Cheaply</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1722693,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1722693,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Fast, inexpensive, noninvasive patient exams offer hope for more effective treatment of heart disease in the developing world</description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 23:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>A new approach to an old disease</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/02/22/news/international/malaria.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/02/22/news/international/malaria.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>Charles Kimando, a doctor in Kenya, has long been frustrated with his limited arsenal of drugs to treat malaria. The parasitic disease makes its appearance after heavy rains in Embu, the central Kenyan town where he is based. Kimando has access to a drug called Arsucam, but it treats malaria with two different pills, one of which tastes terrible and sometimes has side effects. "It can be hard to get people to take the available drugs," he says.</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:04:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>How to fund a startup in Tunisia</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/01/24/smbusiness/finance_help_in_Tunisia.fsb/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/01/24/smbusiness/finance_help_in_Tunisia.fsb/index.htm</guid><description>Dear FSB: In my country, Tunisia, you can't get a bank loan unless you already own a business based in Tunisia. Where can I find financial help to get started?</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:47:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Star-studded concert highlights World AIDS Day</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/12/01/world.aids.day/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/12/01/world.aids.day/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Surrounded by some of the biggest names in music, former South African President Nelson Mandela sounded another call to arms Saturday in the battle against HIV/AIDS.</description><pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 08:28:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>President Bush: Faith key to international AIDS fight</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/11/30/world.aids.day/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/11/30/world.aids.day/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>U.S. President George W. Bush on Friday stressed the role of faith-based groups in the fight against AIDS, calling the struggle one of conscience and morals on the eve of World AIDS Day.</description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2007 06:58:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>U.N. cuts HIV infection estimate</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/11/20/world.aids/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/11/20/world.aids/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The number of people around the world living with the virus that causes AIDS is actually nearly seven million fewer than previous estimates, according to the United Nations.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:53:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>When medical disaster strikes</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/BUSINESS/09/28/emergency.travel/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/BUSINESS/09/28/emergency.travel/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>When a business trip goes wrong, it really can go wrong. And we're not talking about cancelled flights, or being stuck in a hotel room due to floods. </description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. workers: World's most productive</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/02/news/economy/worker_productivity.ap/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/02/news/economy/worker_productivity.ap/index.htm</guid><description>American workers stay longer in the office, at the factory or on the farm than their counterparts in Europe and most other rich nations, and they produce more per person over the year.</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2007 01:37:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Shortage of Doctors Affects Rural U.S.</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1645654,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1645654,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A national shortage of doctors is hitting poor places the hardest, and efforts to bring in foreign physicians to fill the gap are running into a knot of restrictions from the war on terror and the immigration debate</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>How I'd fix the World Bank</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/06/25/news/economy/sachs_worldbank.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/06/25/news/economy/sachs_worldbank.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>The scandal-ridden departure of Paul Wolfowitz from the World Bank doesn't end its crisis. The trouble runs deeper.</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2007 02:51:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush requests more money for international AIDS fight</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/30/bush.aids/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/30/bush.aids/index.html</guid><description>President Bush asked Congress on Wednesday to triple the funding for his international AIDS initiative and extend the program an additional five years.</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2007 13:27:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Statement of Paul Wolfowitz</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/17/wolfowitz.statement/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/17/wolfowitz.statement/index.html</guid><description>World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz issued this statement Thursday:</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2007 22:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>PROBLEM NO. 2: HUNGER AND MALNUTRITION</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/03/05/8401350/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/03/05/8401350/index.htm</guid><description>THE BACKGROUND More than 850 million people live in a state of hunger. Malnutrition kills more people annually than AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined. The majority of the hungry live in the ... </description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2007 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Will Africa cotton to bioengineering?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/01/22/8398210/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/01/22/8398210/index.htm</guid><description>Lorence Nyaka hacks at the root of a cassava plant, slicing away one fresh tuber after another until he has a small pile, enough to make a midday meal for his wife and three young children.</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2007 22:43:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Problem no. 3: Hunger and malnutrition</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/24/magazines/business2/Prob3_HungerMalnutrution.biz2/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/24/magazines/business2/Prob3_HungerMalnutrution.biz2/index.htm</guid><description>The background: More than 850 million people live in a state of hunger. Malnutrition kills more people annually than AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined. The majority of the hungry live in the developing world, especially in India and sub-Saharan Africa.</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2007 19:41:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>25 years of AIDS and cure remains elusive</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/01/news/companies/aids/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/01/news/companies/aids/index.htm</guid><description>Twenty-five years and 25 million deaths after the first AIDS diagnosis in San Francisco, drug companies are still looking for the Holy Grail in HIV research: a vaccine that would prevent infection.</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2006 17:15:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>An AIDS warrior's legacy:  Heart, tenacity</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/11/30/father.dag/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/11/30/father.dag/index.html</guid><description>To see white-haired Father Angelo D'Agostino, an 80-year-old Jesuit and doctor,  you would almost certainly underestimate his strengths.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Nov 2006 19:27:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The MBAs who changed the world?</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/BUSINESS/11/22/execed.biofuels/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/BUSINESS/11/22/execed.biofuels/index.html</guid><description>When most MBA students take on practical business exercises their main ambitions are a bit of useful experience and a good grade.</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2006 11:25:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The day in numbers: 39.5 million</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/conditions/11/22/tbr.numbers.hiv/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/conditions/11/22/tbr.numbers.hiv/index.html</guid><description>Some 39.5 million people are living with AIDS worldwide, according to a U.N. report released on Tuesday. "This year's report gives us real cause for concern," said U.N. AIDS chief Peter Piot, who warned the "global epidemic is growing in all areas."</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2006 09:31:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>African business schools organize</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/BUSINESS/10/26/execed.Africa/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/BUSINESS/10/26/execed.Africa/index.html</guid><description>When people consider taking an MBA or similar qualification, their thoughts overwhelmingly turn to the United States, Europe, Asia, even South America.</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Oct 2006 12:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Good morning, Africa</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/09/25/magazines/fortune/pluggedin_murphy.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/09/25/magazines/fortune/pluggedin_murphy.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>Out of Africa, the headline news is usually related to the legendary four horsemen of the Apocalypse - pestilence, war, famine and death. No question, these horsemen run rampant on the continent; but there is another story worth hearing too.</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Sep 2006 20:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cashing in on immigration</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/09/14/magazines/business2/futureboy_immigration.biz2/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/09/14/magazines/business2/futureboy_immigration.biz2/index.htm</guid><description>Hear that giant sucking sound in the distance? It's not the roar of American jobs fleeing to developing countries, as Ross Perot famously warned more than a decade ago. 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