In Africa, the Goal Is the Thing
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Fans at the African Cup of Nations encourage -- no, they demand -- that their teams play an attractive, attacking game that results in lots of goals.
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Botswana's capital offers an example of one city's efforts to manage explosive growth.
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Contractors get a boost from a major west African project.
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A recently launched layer on the popular desktop globe helps young adults explore Africa as part of a campaign to increase geographic knowledge.
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The African Union summit in Ghana heads into a second day focusing on the idea of a pan-African government.
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These days, capital and goods cross borders with ease. Lant Pritchett says that if the developing worldâs workers could do the same, everyone would benefit.
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Africa, a continent usually synonymous with hunger, is falling prey to obesity.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Canada intends to return to the forefront on African development issues, beginning with a renewed effort at helping the troubled continent grow out of poverty, says Finance Minister Ralph Goodale.
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Leaders of the African Union begin a three-day summit here Sunday focused on plans to forge a confederation of states that can help the world&#39;s poorest continent exercise greater clout on the world stage.
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Climate change and aid to Africa are top issues for leaders of industrialized nations.
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Thereâs an ideological conflict between those who believe that Africa needs better aid and those who think entrepreneurialism and technology will lift the continent.
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The latest scheme to spread electric light in Africa may sound familiar, but this time African leaders say they have the will, and financial backing, to succeed.
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While political protests blight Kenya,  Ghana will polish its image as a tourism and investment  destination when it hosts the 2008 African Nations Cup soccer  finals starting on Sunday.
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The world needs sporting heroes. They provide inspiration, a person whose feats others can seek to emulate. Twenty years ago, in a small village in Morocco with a magnificent view, a small
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Canada intends to return to the forefront on African development issues, beginning with a renewed effort at helping the troubled continent grow out of poverty, says Finance Minister Ralph Goodale.
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Strong growth across Africa helps make up for a decline in sales of the black stuff in its home country.
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Its economy is growing fast, but Africa is struggling to shed its image problem