The original intention was to locate it in an African country, though in the end that proved impossible to arrange.
Fifa has reserved the 2010 World Cup for an African country and Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and Libya are also bidding to host the event.
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Fifa has promised that an African country will host the 2010 World Cup - and Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and Libya are also bidding to host the event.
The Gates Foundation wants Zambia to be a model to show that an African country can significantly reduce the number of its citizens who die each year from malaria.
He went on to explain that the delay in confirming an opponent was because the coach, Henri Kasperczak, wanted to play an African country and it was difficult to secure an agreement.
There are many reasons why private investors might be deterred from an impoverished African country: corruption, insecure property rights, fragmented markets, lousy infrastructure.
If you fail in one country, nothing stops you to set up an address in for instance an African or Latin American country and get the licence there instead.
An EU mission to train Malian soldiers is due to begin as part of efforts to help the West African country counter an Islamist insurgency.
On February 24th Mr Wolfowitz sought to toughen up the debt relief for the Republic of Congo, an oil-rich African country with a notoriously kleptocratic elite.
Section 104 of the AGOA authorizes the President to designate a country listed in section 107 of the AGOA as an "eligible sub-Saharan African country" if the President determines that the country meets certain eligibility requirements.
Pursuant to section 104 of the AGOA and section 506A(a)(1) of the 1974 Act, I have determined that the Republic of South Sudan meets the eligibility requirements set forth or referenced therein, and I have decided to designate the Republic of South Sudan an eligible sub-Saharan African country and as a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country.
This high-profile flop is an embarrassment for the IEBC, as well as a stain on the reputation of a country positioning itself as an African tech-hub.
The African Union and the 15-country Southern African Development Community, an influential regional club, as well as the European Union and the United States, denounced a recent coup in Madagascar by Andry Rajoelina and said they would work to restore the country's constitutional order.
The council also voted to extend the mandate of an African Union peacekeeping force in the country by a year.
Kibaki is praised for turning the country into an east African economic powerhouse with an average growth rate of 5 percent, but his anti-graft campaign has been seen as a failure, and the country still struggles with tribalism and poverty.
An environment ministry official in the West African country said cattle and sheep eat discarded bags.
This is the problem Romer encountered when the African country of Madagascar expressed an interest in building two charter cities in late 2008.
The BBC's Gabriel Gatehouse in Nairobi says this high-profile flop is an embarrassment for Kenya's electoral authority, the IEBC, as well as a stain on the reputation of a country positioning itself as an African tech-hub.
French troops are involved in attacks on Islamic rebels who have gained control of parts of Mali, in support of the country's government until an African force is able to take over.
The total raised by the appeal was the largest amount raised by the DEC for an African appeal, and the largest for any country or regional appeal where conflict was one of the principle causes of a disaster, he said.
The sea is a fitting symbol for the South African native who represented her country as an Olympic swimmer.
Moreover, with the exception of the continent's handful of natural resource-rich, low population-density countries like Angola (see my September 9, 2008 column advocating an intensified strategic engagement with the geopolitically significant Southern African country), most of America's would-be partners are constrained by lack of the financial wherewithal to upgrade their capabilities to meet even short-term priorities.
An African-American, he's one of the country's most successful maestros of any color.
It mentioned France's current role in Mali, where 1, 700 troops are to join forces with neighboring African countries to rout out an Islamist occupation of the country's north.
We met Aissatou Hamidou Diall, an inspiring young activist and 6th grade student from the West African country Burkina Faso.
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Since independence in 1966, Botswana has enjoyed stability, democracy and an economy that has grown faster than that of any other African country.
His most high-profile effort is a prize worth more than the Nobel, given to the retired leader of an African nation who leaves office having improved the governance of his country.
Botswana is an honest, well-governed and, by African standards, wealthy country.
But these days, she is an up-and-comer in country music -- and a rare African-American performer in the genre.
Mali is in the grip of an unprecedented political crisis, one of the most serious since the landlocked West African country gained independence from France in 1960.
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