(July 7, 2005) In the lead up to the recent G-8 summit at Gleneagles, Scotland, the UK’s BBC News published a series of commentaries written by Africans on debt relief, foreign aid, corruption and other related issues.

(July 6, 2005) A presentation based on a leaked report by World Bank senior officials Geoffrey Lamb and Danny Leipziger claiming the G-8 debt relief proposal for poor countries, most of which are African, lacks sufficient compensation to the World Bank’s low-interest lending arm most affected by the debt relief plan, has now been posted to the Odious Debts Web site.

(July 5, 2005) African business leaders are urging world leaders to help them fight corruption in their home countries, reports Jorn Madslien for the UK’s BBC News.

(July 5, 2005) The Paris Club of rich nation lenders has agreed in principle to a debt relief package for Nigeria. The club of 19 member nations is expected to write off about $18 billion of Nigeria’s $35 billion debt and Nigeria plans to buy back its remaining loans using funds from a windfall in oil revenues.

(July 4, 2005) By the African Union’s own estimate, Africa loses as much as US$148-billion a year to corruption, reports Peter Goodspeed in a three-part series on Africa for Canada’s National Post.