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While there has been much ado over the intensification of U.S. operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan, developments in South Asia have overshadowed another equally important development: President Barack Obama's escalation of military operations on the African continent.

October 7, 2009 (NY Times) - The energy giant Exxon Mobil has agreed to pay about $4 billion for a minority stake in an oil field off the coast of Ghana, a region that has emerged as a major new petroleum province, a person with knowledge of the matter said Tuesday.

Potentially major oil strikes announced by an American-led consortium and a British company in West Africa have bolstered the region's reputation as the world's hottest energy zone.

December 10, 2008 (Bloomberg) - Inside and out, the rusted towers of El Salvador’s biggest grain silo show how the World Bank helped push developing countries into the global food crisis.

LAGOS June 4, 2008 (Xinhua) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday advised ECOWAS countries to take more steps to achieve economic and monetary integration within the sub-region, according to the official News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday.