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“Our African governments must know that we are watching them”. Pressure is mounting on African governments not to repay hefty external debts owed to donor organisations. Activists from the continent say the money should instead be used to develop the agricultural sector which is the backbone of economies of most countries. Statistics show that 70 percent of populations in these nations are employed by the sector. In a fiery WSF session, over 300 delegates from Africa who gathered to deliberate on the continent’s economic policies, said one of the major reasons African nations boycotted the World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks last September, was out of fear for their agriculture.