BBC NEWS Americas Africa Europe Middle East South Asia Asia Pacific Arabic Spanish Russian Chinese Welsh
BBCi CATEGORIES   TV   RADIO   COMMUNICATE   WHERE I LIVE   INDEX    SEARCH 

BBC NEWS
 You are in:  AV encoding: Thursday: World News
[an error occurred while processing this directive]


Commonwealth Games 2002

BBC Sport

BBC Weather

SERVICES 
Thursday, 27 June, 2002, 06:22 GMT 07:22 UK
G8
G8
 WATCH/LISTEN
 ON THIS STORY
The BBC's Andrew Walker:
"The vision puts the emphasis on governments in Africa responding to their own problems"
Wanjiru Kihoru of Abantu Development:
"It would be wrong to see this as a solution to Africa's problems"
The BBC's Ian Pannell
"There will be more money on the table"
Musician and campaigner Sir Bob Geldof
says the G8 proposals do not meet the high expectations of development campaigners
The BBC's Ian Pannell in Canada
"The money is likely to fall short of what the African leaders came here for"
The BBC's Andrew Walker
talks to the South African president's economic advisor about the African initiative
The BBC's Mark Mardell
"The aid agencies are already being pessimistic"
The BBC's Jacky Rowland

Africa analyst Cameron Duodo
"I think it has been over-hyped"
The BBC's Bridget Kendall
"The new G8 action plan for Africa is long on detail and short on concrete pledges"
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair
"This will the summit that will be remembered as the one that concentrated on Africa"
World Development Movement Director Barry Coates
World Development Movement Director Barry Coates: "We should stop exploiting Africa"
[an error occurred while processing this directive]
[an error occurred while processing this directive]