Fossil fuels are abundant in that vast continent.

So it goes across the continent.

Still, the growth is not equally felt throughout the continent.

A continent where there is everything left to do.

Some protests have even occurred overseas

By the 1890 s, Germany was the strongest power on the continent.

Haiti, on the western side, is the poorest country in the Americas.

European unity arose from a desire to see conflict on the continent end.

On the European Continent this has been happening since the 1970s.

Tom and Mary are the most wanted pair of bank robbers in the continent.

Conflicts on the African continent claimed another journalist last week.

New malaria drugs and a vaccine are urgently needed in Africa, where malaria has grown resistant to the cheapest and most widely used treatments.

This month has been a bad one for the cause of human rights in Europe, as Serbia was allowed to begin its six month presidency of the Council of Europe, the Continent s oldest political body.

Respect for boundaries is a prerequisite to peace and stability on any continent.

Transition economies within Europe can be grouped into three broadly similar categories

Our young people should feel that Africa is a continent where projects can be constructed.

Brazil was the last country in the Americas to abolish slavery, doing so in 1888.

In Brazil, Chile and Uruguay, social democracy is proving that it can work.

The absence of wars on the European continent and the relatively stable situation in the Middle East were proof of this.

The prize is something that has never been achieved in European history the building of a liberal order that embraces the whole continent.

For unlike in the days of Pinochet, fear of the left has mostly vanished across the continent.

A smart strategy would avoid involvement of ground forces in major wars on the Asian continent.

It is argued across the continent that a more flexible exchange rate for the Yuan will reduce China s unfair advantage in international markets.

(e) Capacity building for peace building before and after the termination of hostilities on the continent

(e) Capacity building for peacebuilding before and after the termination of hostilities on the continent

Ceuta is one of two Spanish enclaves on the African continent that share land borders with Morocco. Credit Maggy Donaldson. Published with PRI's permission

Some celebrated on Facebook and Twitter by sharing messages of unity and optimism about the continent.

What do you think about this phenomenon that is taking the continent recently?

'I am a mathematician, and I would like to stand on your roof.' That is how Ron Eglash greeted many African families he met while researching the fractal patterns he d noticed in villages across the continent.

A host of declarations adopted over the years by the SADC and the African Union address the conduct of elections on the continent.

So what am I trying to say? I'm trying to tell you that there's a new wave on the continent.

And I want to say that some of the best people to invest in on the continent are the women.

Felling seven million hectares of trees each year, South America clears more forests than any other continent.

The infant mortality rate is the highest on this continent and is about three times higher than the U.S. national average.

Curbed industrial production on the continent nipped hopes that the debt crisis might stabilise in the bud.

Despite some undeniable economic progress in many African nations, social inequality is still even more striking on the African continent.

To stage a European wide crusade, it was essential to prevent conflict between the greater princes on the continent.

But major power shifts within Asia are challenging the continent s own peace and stability.

Second, donor governments have failed to promote simple ways to ensure the availability of medicines in villages across the continent.

And this is what we started to do in one of the largest countries on the continent, Nigeria.

The rise of these modern caudillos reflects a crisis in political parties and an acute intensification of social unease across the continent.

We have diverse cultures, diverse cultures, there are so many, that in the natal lifetimes, I don't see us exhausting the stories we have.

But the struggle is not yet over it continues on every continent and takes many forms.

Lack of access to care for HIV positive people has been well documented on the African continent.

Economists also project that 1 3 of the poor in the world will reside on the African continent by 2015.