The World - News from Dec. 3, 1985
Decades of drought, famine and debt have left Africa facing a crisis so severe that it is “almost impossible for the rest of the world to imagine or comprehend,” a panel of foreign policy experts said. Their report, jointly prepared by the Council on Foreign Relations and the Overseas Development Council, urged the United States to triple its African aid, stretch out debt repayment and tie all aid to long-term development.
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