Published on Pambazuka News (https://www.pambazuka.org)

Home > africa: Summit Zeroes in on Keeping World Attention on Africa

Contributor [1]
Thursday, October 2, 2003 - 03:00
Categories: 
Development [2]
Issue Number: 
126 [3]
Article-Summary: 

Against a backdrop of donor fatigue and a deadlock on trade between rich and poor countries, African leaders at a summit here renewed a pledge to keep the world's attention on a continent that is grappling with wars and famine, but also faces new opportunities ahead. While the African leaders said that the three-day conference that ended here Wednesday did not produce magic solutions, they agreed that it helps focus attention on the region's needs.

Category: 
Governance [4]
Oldurl: 
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/development/17430 [5]

Source URL: https://www.pambazuka.org/node/18534

Links
[1] https://www.pambazuka.org/author/contributor
[2] https://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/3303
[3] https://www.pambazuka.org/article-issue/126
[4] https://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/3274
[5] http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/development/17430