G8 trumpets Africa aid deal as summit ends
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - World powers on Friday pledged $60 billion to fight AIDS and other diseases ravaging Africa but development campaigners complained the Group of Eight had offered little fresh cash for the poor.
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A summit of African leaders has endorsed a power-sharing deal between Burundi&#39;s main Hutu and Tutsi parties.
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A summit of African leaders ends with a series of moves aimed at helping secure a peace deal in Ivory Coast.
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African leaders meet in an effort to end a decade of wars that have killed millions in the Great Lakes region.
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The British government offered a sweeping plan yesterday for the Group of Seven nations to dramatically increase aid to the developing world and to forgive 100 percent of Africa's $70 billion in debt.
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Sudanese President Omar Al-Beshir. An Africa-France summit seen as President Jacques Chirac's goodbye to Africa is drawing to a close after a shaky agreement was signed to prevent violence in Darfur from ...Comment
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Germany's development minister said Friday the Group of Eight member states had agreed on a program worth more than $60 billion to combat the spread of HIV/AIDs in Africa.
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African nations are engaged in last-ditch negotiations on elephants and ivory as the CITES meeting nears its end.
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African leaders from the Great Lakes sign a $2bn security and development deal to try to prevent more bloodshed.
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Getting the world&#39;s richest nations to hand over promised aid for Africa is like &quot;getting blood out of a stone,&quot; rock stars Bono and Bob Geldof found at the Group of Eight summit on Wednesday.
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BERLIN, May 24  (IPS) - With two weeks to go to this year's summit of  heads of state and government of the world's eight most  industrialised countries (G8), respect for demonstrators'  rights and the fulfilment of the group's economic aid  promises for Africa are at the heart of the preparations.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - World leaders meeting in Germany turned their attention to Africa on Friday, agreeing a $60 billion pledge to fight AIDS and other killer diseases ravaging the continent, according to a diplomat.
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An African summit ended on  Wednesday with a proposed peacekeeping force for Somalia still  lacking firm commitments for thousands of troops.
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The Group of Eight wealthiest nations pledged 60 billion dollars Friday to fight AIDS and malaria in Africa and uphold an earlier promise to boost development aid.
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BERLIN, May 30 (IPS) - In the preparations for this year's summit of  the Group of Eight most industrialised countries, to take place  Jun. 6-8 in the Baltic seaside resort of Heiligendamm, Germany,  aid for Africa has topped the agenda. But the farm subsidy factor  is likely to be avoided in the debate.
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"We said that on behalf of the countries of the G-8, that we are aware of our obligations and we would like to fulfill the promises that we entered into and we are going to do that."  Leaders of the Group of Eight agreed Friday on a $60 billion package to fight AIDS, TB and malaria in Africa and warned Iran over its disputed nuclear program, closing out a summit of the world's richer nations.But a deal could not be reached on the the independence-seeking Serbian province of Kosovo during three days of talks at the Baltic Sea resort of Heiligendamm.About half of the $60 billion was pledged earlier by the U.S., and other nations will contribute the rest, Germany's development minister said. Read more
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A Paris meeting aimed a galvanizing efforts to stabilize Sudan's Darfur region ended on Monday with agreement to support current international efforts there and coordinate future steps.