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That we, young African women, are talking more about the sport is a sign of hope for women’s soccer on the continent.
Although women’s soccer in Africa is as old as the republics themselves (the first teams appeared in West Africa in early 1960), soccer on the continent is still a man’s sport.
And, considering the rampant corruption that plagues our continent, it might take a century to see male soccer teams managed and funded sufficiently.
China is winning goodwill across the continent by tapping into shared anti-colonial resentments – and by treating the continent seriously.
In any case, Chinese President Hu Jintao, Vice President Zeng Quinghong, and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao visit the continent regularly.
China’s moves to strengthen its African ties have three objectives: to consolidate secure energy and mineral supplies, to curtail Taiwan’s influence on the continent (which harbours six of the 26 countries with which it maintains full diplomatic relations), and to augment China’s burgeoning global authority.
In so unstable a continent, one saturated with weaponry, pouring in more guns is hardly welcome.
Planting the Seeds of Africa’s GrowthWEST LAFAYETTE, INDIANA – After decades of bad news, at least three major trends are turning Africa’s way: agricultural policies, rural demography, and farm productivity all promise improved opportunities for farm families across the continent.
Generalizations and predictions rarely survive for long on a continent as diverse and volatile as Africa is.
But this marks the first time in history that the EU has been tasked with accommodating so many people from outside the continent, including new arrivals from Libya, Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
Many analysts obsessively track China’s economic footprint in Africa (in 2015, there were an estimated 2,650 Chinese development projects underway on the continent).
But the United Kingdom has been a far more committed investment partner to the continent over the years.
With less than 5% of Britain’s trade deficit tied to Africa, the continent is not likely to be near the top of the UK government’s current preoccupations.
From Ukraine to Greece, events have led the continent from the frying pan to the fire and back again, with all of the attendant summitry, declarations, and brinkmanship.
For nearly two centuries the answer was almost always a resounding "Yes!"On every continent, the growth of organized labor seemed to herald the emancipation of common people and the demise of their oppressors.
Each is committed to reforming the international system, and to building a more multipolar world; but they have not necessarily reached a consensus about what a new order should look like.Under President Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa is once again asserting leadership on the African continent.
Under President Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa is once again asserting leadership on the African continent.
Some Western observers – and some Africans – have condemned China’s involvement on the continent as a new form of colonialism.
The pain that this policy is causing has been revealed in protests across the continent and in the bitter impact on many struggling families, the young, and the elderly.
Back then, it was about a continent ravaged by a war in which Germany was the aggressor and Britain the victor; today, it is about a world in which global geo-politics is undergoing its most profound change in centuries.
An approach that asks first what we want Europe to do, and then lets us design mechanisms to do it, would draw support across the continent.
According to the Cost of Hunger in Africa studies, stunted children across the continent receive up to 3.6 fewer years of schooling than well-nourished children.
Unless African governments start making smart choices and smart investments, the continent may face a similar fate.
Lately, however, the continent has reached an ideological impasse over how to address the problem, with environmental sustainability and growth often portrayed as being mutually exclusive.
Energy-intensive industries directly support four million jobs across the continent.
The continent's largest petroleum companies, and equipment suppliers, are ready to invest what is needed to reduce CO 2 emissions.
In that spirit, the continent took considerable pride in the successful execution of the 2010 election and in Ivorian voters’ courageous and disciplined behavior.
This October, together with the Inter-American Development Bank, the Copenhagen Consensus Center will host a conference – the Consulta de San Jose – that will look at what can be done throughout the continent.
Asia – the biggest driver of increased global energy demand – is also the world’s driest continent, measured by water availability per capita.
This sorry calculus is being carried out across the continent.
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