As the G8 assembles again, a leading African lobby group exhorts summit leaders to finish what they started a year ago and fully cancel Africa’s debt. Last year G8 leaders proclaimed that 2005 would be the “year for Africa” and created a plan to address the continent’s challenges. Debt cancellation figured prominently and the G8 leaders crafted a deal to cancel 100% of the debts owed by 18 countries – 14 in Africa – to the IFIs.