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Africa 2005: Time for change?

Last Updated: Wednesday, 15 August 2007, 14:47 GMT 15:47 UK
G8 leaders at Gleneagles
G8 leaders agree $50bn aid boost
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair says the G8 has agreed a $50bn (£28.8bn) aid boost for Africa, as he unveils details.
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The downside of the G8 debt deal
G8 summit: View from Africa
Leaders condemn London blasts
Q&A: African debt relief

Africans on how to solve Africa's problems


Issues explained
Find out how debt, trade, aid and poverty affect Africa
African perspective
Kenyan journalist shares his experiences at G8 summit
Joyce Photo story
Step into my shoes, Joyce tells G8 leaders ahead of summit

AFRICA COMMISSION REPORTS

Child in DR Congo Aid boost and trade drive backed
A new plan for Africa's development seeks to double aid over 10 years, lift trade barriers and fight corruption.

Geldof urges action
Africa report at a glance
Implementation the hardest part
Past plans cast shadow

INTERACTIVE

African broadcasters Community connections
A special week of radio debates involving communities in Africa and the UK explores what links them.

What is your message for the G8?
Impact of borrowing and debt
Cafe life in Africa
Verdict on Africa report

OTHER STORIES

Bono Millions rock to Live 8 message
Music stars unite in concerts around the globe to put pressure on political leaders to tackle poverty in Africa.

Mandela's Live 8 speech
Call for mass poverty protest
Why repeat Live Aid?
What is Make Poverty History


African boy begging Aid urgency
Arguing the case for doubling aid to Africa
Tsitsi Dangarembga (Zimbabwe) Africa's women
Personalities speak out on their role in contemporary society
The New Africa
The story of the continent from an African perspective

FEATURES

Zambia's legacy of liberalisation

 

BACKGROUND

Continent that went backwards

Africa to miss key poverty goals

Africans let down by governments

Tough challenges in Aids fight

PROGRAMMES

Africa celebrated
The continent's people and culture online, on radio and on TV
Ugandan orphan Eddie School struggle
Children's desperate attempts to get educated in Uganda
Africa challenges
Facts and figures on key issues that face the continent
Boy collecting water in Tanzania In pictures
How the need for water draws Africans to unsafe sources

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