Zimbabwe crisis needs African solution: Blair
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The political crisis in Zimbabwe needs to be resolved by fellow African governments, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Friday after talks with South African President Thabo Mbeki.
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The world&#39;s richest nations need to show greater commitment towards Africa, Prime Minister Tony Blair said Thursday, amid concern that pledges on aid and development were falling short.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair was to hold talks with South African President Thabo Mbeki on Friday on the last day of his farewell African tour, with Zimbabwe set to figure high on the agenda.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair is traveling to Sudan and Ethiopia this week as part of his diplomatic initiative to deal with some of the most difficult problems in Africa.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair &#151; bedeviled by Iraq and in search of a more positive legacy &#151; departed Ethiopia late Thursday after calling for a concerted international action to finally address the crises afflicting Africa, the only continent to have grown poorer over the last 40 years.
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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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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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British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Friday he fully supported South Africa's efforts to mediate in Zimbabwe's escalating political crisis, saying a solution to the stand-off must come from within Africa.
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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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British Prime Minister Tony Blair appealed to the Sudanese government and rebels in Sudan's western Darfur region to implement an immediate truce and seek a political solution to the conflict.
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Irish rock star Bob Geldof ( news ) has acknowledged that solutions to Africa's poverty, disease and conflict elude a commission set up by British Prime Minister Tony Blair ( news - web sites ) to craft ways of ...
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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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Prime Minister Tony Blair is preparing for a gruelling trip to Africa just days after undergoing heart treatment.
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ADDIS ABABA, Oct 7  -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair issued a clarion call Thursday for the world to help Africa free itself from poverty, disease and conflict, describing his personal crusade for the continent as &quot;the one noble cause worth
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Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has met with British Prime Minister Tony Blair for private talks focused on bilateral and regional issues including the crisis in Sudan, Blair's office said.
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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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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.