(June 20, 2005) "Much of Africa’s debt burden was not really aid in the first place, but money that the West (and the old Soviet Union) handed over to keep their African clients loyal during the Cold War, knowing full well that it would be stolen."

(June 18, 2005) Two weeks before the Group of Eight (G-8) summit in Scotland this July, a conference focusing on the management of debt burdens, the long-term sustainability of external debt and the extent to which debt relief does or does not address development prospects in African countries will be held in Geneva from June 20 to June 24.

(June 17, 2005) Hailed as the biggest debt settlement the world has ever seen, the recent agreement by the Group of Eight (G-8) rich nations to write off the debts of 18 of the world’s poorest countries has not managed to quell calls for debt repudiation in Africa.

(June 12, 2005) Tony Blair’s desire to save Africa is admirable; his ideas are not.

(June 14, 2005) African civil society organisations (CSOs) have called on the African Union to be prepared to repudiate Africa’s multilateral debts, should the G8 summit scheduled for July fail to
agree on a 100 per cent debt cancellation for the continent without conditions.