Blair Asks the World to Help End Africa Misery
From Times Wire Reports
British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s Africa Commission challenged the world to help end the poverty, conflict and disease plaguing the continent.
A 400-page report calls for doubling foreign aid to $50 billion and for making the fight against AIDS a priority. It sets 100% debt cancellation as a goal and urges wealthy nations to drop trade barriers.
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