UN AIDS envoy urges Blair to make G8 do more for Africa
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The United Nations envoy on AIDS urged Prime Minister Tony Blair to persuade the world's richest countries to provide more funds to step up treatment of the disease in Africa.
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Nelson Mandela hailed Tony Blair on Thursday as "very good friend" to Africa for the priority he has given the continent, while the outgoing British prime minister called on rich countries to fulfill aid pledges to the region.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - Leaders of the world's major powers will turn their attention to Africa on Friday and are widely expected to announce a $60 billion pledge to fight AIDS and other killer diseases.
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Tony Blair, the British prime minister, wants Africa to be the &quot;top priority&quot; for a new European Union military force that could be deployed in crisis areas at short notice.
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Rich nations need to do much more to overcome global poverty, Oxfam said in a report aimed at influencing Britain's turn at the helm of the Group of Eight leading industrialised nations.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair is traveling to Ethiopia this week, for the British-sponsored Commission for Africa meeting to discuss the continent&#39;s pressing needs.
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Opening a meeting of the British sponsored Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa UK Prime Minister, Tony Blair, told delegates that it was &quot;time to turn international attention into international action&quot;.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair called on Western countries on Wednesday to finance, train and equip African peacekeeping troops so they could intervene to end conflicts on the continent like the one in Sudan's Darfur.
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G8 leaders turn their attention to Africa on the final day of their summit, under pressure to honour aid commitments.
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"The world is waiting, wanting to re-engage with a reforming Zimbabwe government ... but for the people of Zimbabwe, this is urgent, and change before the 2008 elections essential."  By Andrew QuinnJOHANNESBURG  - British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Thursday urged rich nations to keep their promises of financial aid to Africa, saying failure to do so could threaten the continent's march toward prosperity and democracy.In a keynote speech in Johannesburg on the final leg of his farewell African tour as Britain's leader, Blair also said that Africa's leaders must get tough on authoritarian governments, such as those in Sudan and Zimbabwe."Wealthy nations and Africa both face a choice ... Our challenge is to support the good. Africa's challenge is to eliminate the bad," Blair said in the speech. Read more
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The world can help lift Africa out of poverty, says UK Prime Minister Tony Blair. Do you agree?
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Prime Minister Tony Blair's personal organisation to spearhead development activities in Africa issued a call for massive international cooperation to assist the continent.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Thursday urged rich nations to keep their promises of financial aid to Africa, saying failure to do so could threaten the continent's march toward prosperity and democracy.
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UK Prime Minister Tony Blair says fighting Africa's poverty and the spread of Aids must top the agenda at the Davos World Economic Forum.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair  called on Western countries on Wednesday to finance, train and  equip African peacekeeping troops so they could intervene to  end conflicts on the continent like the one in Sudan&#39;s Darfur.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair wants  to use a farewell trip to Africa this week to build momentum  for a rich nation summit that will focus on Africa and to push  for a world trade deal, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
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The world's overwhelming response to the Indian Ocean tsunamis has underscored the disparity in donor generosity toward Africa, whose population suffers "a tsunami a week" in the words of British Prime Minister Tony Blair.