Fewer and Fewer Unknowns in Africa
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There was a time when European scouts could find undiscovered talent at the African Cup of Nations for a pittance.  Now, unless your business card reads Chelsea or Barcelona, most players are out of your price range.
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For more than 20 years, it&#39;s been one of the world&#39;s forgotten wars. Some 2 million people have died, yet it&#39;s received relatively scant global attention.
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While the world's rich and powerful talk about Africa's dead and starving, people here have heard it all before
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African economies face a daunting challenge to catch up with the rest of the world after missing out on two decades of growth, a new report by the World Bank has said.
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PARIS, Jul 13 (IPS) - While oil profits have flooded into countries such  as Angola and Nigeria in recent decades, some African observers  see new potential for the continent in the form of increasingly  in-demand biofuels.
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To judge how far aid has helped Africa along the road to prosperity, just look down at the pavement Â or the lack of it.
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DROWNING IN DEBT: African nations say debt incurred by past generations is keeping them poor and unable to cope with pressing needs, such as the AIDS epidemic.
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Important details in little-seen government reports.
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WASHINGTON -- Many African countries have sharply reduced the deaths of young children in recent years, saving hundreds of thousands of lives, according to new data from 46 nations that contradict the perception that the world's poorest continent was making little gain against killer diseases.
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Ghana's Lake Bosumtwi holds clues to Africa's climate past - and a massive space impact.
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The search for tiny treasures continues.
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It used to be that a trip to Africa or Antarctica qualified as an exotic tourist destination. But cash-rich tourists seeking adventure are now rejecting earthly adventures for destinations that are more out of this world.
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A U.N. study says that declines in AIDS in eight countries show that prevention programs work, but said prevention efforts have reached far too few of the people at risk.
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Sudan is the largest country in Africa and has a population of almost 28 million. About 60 per cent are Muslim, a quarter are animist and 15 per cent Christian.
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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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Poaching is up in central Africa, but elephant herds are growing in the south. Nations are arguing over whether to lift the ban on ivory sales.
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Many African countries now have more medics working abroad than they do at home, research shows.