The announcement by G8 summit leaders to grant up to one billion dollars in additional debt relief to some of the world’s poorest countries represented neither progress nor a breakthrough on debt relief, says Jubilee South Africa.
Africa may be at a turning point in its history if its leaders and the G8 powers can implement a new plan to lift millions out of poverty, says United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan.
The G8 conference in Kananaskis, Canada this week signified the end of the epoch of colonialism and neo-colonialism, President Thabo Mbeki said on Friday.
Russia’s Group of Eight partners pledged to bankroll a landmark -billion program to safeguard former Soviet chemical and nuclear weapons from preying terrorists, on Thursday.
