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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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - The Group of Eight industrialized nations have struck a deal to increase their global aid for the fight against HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis to $60 billion, a G8 diplomat said on Friday.
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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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Eleven African countries signed a  U.N.-backed peace deal for the Great Lakes region on Saturday,  pledging to end genocide, war, hunger and disease that killed 3  million over more than a decade.
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African Union leaders gathered in Ethiopia were set Saturday to discuss means of containing the violence in Kenya and Chad during a special meeting on the last day of their summit.
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African leaders have a landmark two-billion-dollar (1.5-billion-euro) security and development pact to prevent further violence in the continent's Great Lakes region, one of the world's bloodiest areas.
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China sought to defend its role in  Africa on Monday ahead of this week&#39;s G8 summit, saying its  long friendship with the continent was a force for good and  shrugging off the threat of criticism at the meeting in  Germany.
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The U.S. and top financial institutions indicated that they were closing in on an agreement to forgive the debts of many of the world's poorest countries.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair was urged today to use Britainâs upcoming presidency of the G8 to broker a global agreement to cancel poor countriesâ debt and double spending on aid.
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The leaders of Brazil, India and South Africa solidified their ties at a summit that highlighted the regional powers' role as spokesmen for the developing world.
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The British government was yesterday accused of breaking its G8 pledge to help defeat Aids when it revealed it would only marginally increase its contribution to the Global Fund for Aids, Malaria and Tuberculosis.
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African Union leaders condemned the latest unrest in Chad and Kenya Saturday at the close of a summit overshadowed by new crises on the continent and which saw little headway achieved on older ones.
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The 21-member Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit ended here yesterday with leaders voicing strong support for World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations aimed at liberalizing trade and pledging to shore up global
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President George W. Bush named eight  more countries on Thursday to get U.S. assistance for malaria  prevention and treatment in Africa, where the disease kills a  million people a year, and asked Europeans to do more to help.
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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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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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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.