As aid agencies vacillate, the crisis in East Africa is getting worse.

There are cultural factors to Kenya's difficulties, but politics--not culture--lies at the heart of the country's current problems.

A brave band of reformers is taking on Kenya"s endemic culture of corruption.

Requiring African countries to use international competitive bidding processes for certain drug purchases has caused more harm than good.

The cost of corruption is visible today in Thailand and Kenya.

It went virtually unnoticed (and unreported by this newspaper), but last week a federal court found the government of Iran liable for the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.

The drive to combat counterfeit drugs is a good one, but there are problems with Kenya's legislation and the pending legislation in Uganda, which could have serious implications for the importation and production of generic drugs.

3.8 percent of drugs sampled from countries with emerging economies failed basic quality control tests--and these drugs are used to treat potentially lethal infections. Africa has a greater problem with substandard products than any other location.