In Africa, the Goal Is the Thing
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African soccer fans encourage â no, they demand - that their teams play an attractive, attacking game that results in lots of goals.
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With Africa lagging behind in global development goals and rich countries cutting aid, leaders of multilateral financial institutions decided on Friday it was time to mobilize resources to reduce extreme poverty on the continent.
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JOHANNESBURG -- Meeting in Nigeria four years ago, African leaders set a goal that 60 percent of children and pregnant women in malaria-affected areas around the continent would be sleeping under bed nets by the end of 2005.
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Thursday's tight presidential race is a rarity in Africa, where one-party rule is the norm.
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Africa's economy will grow faster this year, but changes are still needed for it to catch up with the rest of the world.
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When Nelson Mandela speaks, South  Africa usually listens. But his message on AIDS still has  trouble getting through.
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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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The traditional clash between Ethiopia and Kenya in distance running is also a contest between competing visions of sport
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Contractors get a boost from a major west African project.
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President George W. Bush  travels this week to Africa, one of the few regions where he can claim globally recognized successes for efforts on AIDS and development in a foreign policy legacy dominated by the Iraq war.
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It is known to many as Africa&#39;s major. However, the Nedbank Challenge is in line to get enhanced status. There are possible plans to include the Sun City event in the World Golf Championship calendar.
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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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Russia set its sights on Africa several centuries later than other European countries. But it no longer wants to miss its chance.
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A Bridgewater company is betting the road to success goes through some of the world's poorest countries.
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African leaders have lauded progress towards peace in the continent's powderkeg Great Lakes region, but said more was needed to overcome challenges to lasting stability and development.
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DURBAN, South Africa  - Developing countries have pledged to band together to force the West to help tackle their problems, ranging from poverty to reform of the United Nations.
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Its economy is growing fast, but Africa is struggling to shed its image problem