Blair and Bush near a deal to write off £20bn African debt

“TONY BLAIR won crucial support from President Bush last night for a ground-breaking deal to wipe out the debts of the poorest African nations of up to $20 billion.”

Wow! there I was thinking I had gone mad – until i read a little further down the page…

“Both leaders made clear, however, that large-scale increases in African aid would go only to those countries that showed that they were serious about tackling corruption and promoting open markets. “This is not a something-for-nothing deal,” Mr Blair said.”

Hmmm.


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