Neither Western donor countries like the U.S. nor poor recipients like Cameroon care much about Africans who are poor, rural and female.

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Neither left nor right has focused adequately on maternal health.

Neither left nor right has focused adequately on maternal health.

While Americans have heard of Darfur and think we should be doing more there, they...

While Americans have heard of Darfur and think we should be doing more there, they...

Half a million women die each year around the world in pregnancy. It's not biology...

Half a million women die each year around the world in pregnancy. It's not biology...

Abortion politics have distracted all sides from what is really essential: a major aid campaign...

Abortion politics have distracted all sides from what is really essential: a major aid campaign...

We all might ask ourselves why we tune in to these more trivial matters and...

We all might ask ourselves why we tune in to these more trivial matters and...

There are other issues I have felt more emotionally connected to, like China, where I...

There are other issues I have felt more emotionally connected to, like China, where I...

I try to be careful about wording. One of the things I've tried to combat...

I try to be careful about wording. One of the things I've tried to combat...

As soon as I was old enough to drive, I got a job at a...

As soon as I was old enough to drive, I got a job at a...

There seems to be this sense among even well-meaning Americans that Africa is this black...

There seems to be this sense among even well-meaning Americans that Africa is this black...

The U.N. Population Fund has a maternal health program in some Cameroon hospitals, but it...

The U.N. Population Fund has a maternal health program in some Cameroon hospitals, but it...

You would see people going back to homes that had been burned, putting thatch over...

You would see people going back to homes that had been burned, putting thatch over...

Random violence is incredibly infectious.

Random violence is incredibly infectious.

All of a sudden their husband's dead and maybe a child is dead and they...

All of a sudden their husband's dead and maybe a child is dead and they...

Just a little help, a small security force, a bit of food, can save lives.

Just a little help, a small security force, a bit of food, can save lives.

The world spends $40 billion a year on pet food.

The world spends $40 billion a year on pet food.

The conflict in Darfur could escalate to where we're seeing 100,000 victims per month.

The conflict in Darfur could escalate to where we're seeing 100,000 victims per month.

You will be judged in years to come by how you responded to genocide on...

You will be judged in years to come by how you responded to genocide on...

The news media's silence, particularly television news, is reprehensible. If we knew as much about...

The news media's silence, particularly television news, is reprehensible. If we knew as much about...

Most of the villagers were hiding in the bush, where they were dying from bad...

Most of the villagers were hiding in the bush, where they were dying from bad...

The north of the Central African Republic is now a war zone, with rival armed...

The north of the Central African Republic is now a war zone, with rival armed...