2011 Reflections: Africa rises, taking charge of its affairs
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The Christian Science Monitor: In this installment, Scott Baldauf says Africa showed signs of both the willingness and ability to solve their own problems in 2011.
With its famines, wars, and corrupt leaders, Africa was called "hopeless" by The Economist magazine in 2000. Today, demand for Africa's natural resources, combined with stronger political leadership and growing entrepreneurship, make Africa a rare bright point in the global economy…
The African Union is taking an increasingly independent stand on how to solve African problems, and some of Africa's stronger economic and military nations appear to be borrowing a few lines from America's Monroe Doctrine, indicating that Western "interference" in Africa is no longer welcome.
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