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- noun
Africa south of theSahara .
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And I covered pretty much everything else in what we call sub-Saharan Africa, which is excluding the Arab countries of North Africa which are covered by the Middle East and we have a Cairo bureau.
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Last week the IMF said that if the global crisis deepened, the number of most vulnerable economies could nearly double to just under 40 — and the majority of them will be in sub-Saharan Africa, which is expected to grow by just over 3 percent this year, compared with 4 percent for low-income countries overall.
The Weakest Link 2009
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The IFRC said that such a situation exists in sub-Saharan Africa, which is home to about two-thirds of the world's HIV-positive cases.
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Senior International Monetary Fund (IMF) officials Monday said inflation-ravaged Zimbabwe was a dark spot in sub-Saharan Africa, which is otherwise set for higher economic growth next year.
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Of the 40 million people in the world with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), more than two-thirds live in sub-Saharan Africa, which is home to 10 percent of the world's population.
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The aspiration gap is even more stunning for sub-Saharan Africa, which is projected to explode from 870 million people to 1.8 billion in the next 40 years.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Paul 2011
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In sub-Saharan Africa, which is nearer home, per capita growth between 2000 and 2008 was at 54% compared to 15% between 1990 and 1999.
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Other crises are virtually ignored by the major capitalist powers, such as the special plight of sub-Saharan Africa, which is suffering famine, drought, health epidemics, and malnutrition.
CPUSA Front Page 2009
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Other crises are virtually ignored by the major capitalist powers, such as the special plight of sub-Saharan Africa, which is suffering famine, drought, health epidemics, and malnutrition.
CPUSA Front Page 2009
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Other crises are virtually ignored by the major capitalist powers, such as the special plight of sub-Saharan Africa, which is suffering famine, drought, health epidemics, and malnutrition.
CPUSA Front Page 2009
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