Why is it that every other major region of the world has amassed significant private wealth, but not Africa?
We all accept that China is a good potential market today, so why not Africa is 10 or 20 years?
It is not Africa that drives her mad, but her dead children, one stillborn, one killed by meningitis, one drowned.
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Clark amasses an extraordinary collection of historical data to explain why the Industrial Revolution was born in western Europe, not Africa or India.
Analysis showed that 27% of British African-Caribbean men have a Y chromosome (passed directly from father to son) that traces back to Europe, not Africa.
"Terrorists should be on notice that they will find no sanctuary, no refuge, not in Algeria, not in North Africa, not anywhere, " Panetta said Friday.
It is not only Africa, it would seem, that has a problem with access to high-cost, high-tech drugs.
The approach of ACRI envisions results that will benefit not only Africa, par excellence, but the world at large.
We all knew the hosts would qualify but what odds on that now being Kenya and not South Africa ?
But that is not the Africa that generally exists for most Africans.
No, this is not South Africa, where the election of Jacob Zuma as president of the ruling African National Congress on December 18th dealt a shattering blow to his rival, Thabo Mbeki.
Western-style journalism risks being complacent and stressing its moral superiority in supporting "investigative work" while not realizing that uncovering corruption in Africa and not having the resources to follow up on that story will produce little or no results, apart from praise to the brave (probably white, middle aged) journalist who reported it.
The single best thing that America and Europe can do for Africa is not to spoon out charity but to allow Americans and Europeans to buy the products that Africa is capable of producing competitively not just agricultural products but also labour-intensive manufactures such as textiles and leather work.
The origin of this belief in Africa is not clear, but researchers have linked it to Africa's colonial history where white skin was the epitome of beauty.
To benefit Africa, the money need not even be spent in Africa itself.
If democracy is about throwing the rascals out, then it is not working in Africa.
Such Islamist militant activity is not new to Africa, including recent violence in Mali and Somalia.
Not far from Africa Kine, at the Red Rooster restaurant, chef Marcus Samuelson is busy checking orders.
These beads are not indigenous to Africa, but rather were imported from Czechoslovakia in the early 19th century.
The similarity of black and white aspirations is bad for black newspapers, but probably not for South Africa.
The International Monetary Fund expects the BRIC nations, not counting South Africa, to account for 21.6% of world GDP by 2015.
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However, Rothenberg does not believe South Africa will get the sympathy vote as a result of what happened four years ago.
She says she can achieve more by not living in Africa where gender barriers still hamper many women from realizing their potential.
Africa has many problems and they may be self-inflicted, but the gun which you showed on your cover is not made in Africa.
Since the 1950s its animating spirit has been non-racialism: South Africa not only for blacks, the party has emphasised, but for all its people.
Each finalist should be proud in the knowledge that their work represents the best journalism not only in Africa but the world as a whole.
But not all South Africa's troubles can be blamed on apartheid.
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