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Albarn attacks 'Anglo-Saxon' Live 8
June 11: Damon Albarn, the Blur and Gorillaz frontman, criticised the Live 8 concerts yesterday for being too "Anglo-Saxon" and doing nothing to promote positive images of Africa.

Eight women, one voice
June 11: Gideon Mendel profiles eight women whose lives have been profoundly affected by some of the key issues the G8 has the power to control.

£30bn debts write-off agreed
June 11: G7 package brokered by chancellor will benefit 18 of world's poorest countries immediately.
10.06.05: Brown hopeful over Africa debt relief deal

Live 8
Albarn hits out at 'Anglo Saxon' Live 8
June 10: Gorillaz musician insists he will not take part in the "Anglo Saxon" event.

Comment and analysis
A noose, not a bracelet
June 10, Naomi Klein: Africa is a rich continent made poor by rapacious western corporations. G8 leaders must be forced to deliver justice.

Neither famine nor feast
June 9, leader: Mr Blair's trip to Washington does not appear to have made much of an impact.

Addis Ababa
Ethiopian capital's residents lie low
June 10: Shops in Addis Ababa were shuttered yesterday and streets deserted as Ethiopian security forces continued rounding up opposition figures, a day after troops killed at least 26 people during protests over last month's disputed elections.

Aid and debt relief
Don't blow Africa's chance, Bono warns EU
June 9: Bono took the African aid campaign to Brussels today, delivering the message "Don't blow it" to European leaders due to decide next week on a plan to double EU aid to Africa over the next 10 years.

Disease
Malaria crisis may doom Africa progress, MPs say
June 9: The UK's plans for a prosperous Africa are doomed to failure unless malaria, the world's most lethal disease, is tackled as a global health crisis, a report warns today.

Press reviews
'Bush is completely out of touch'
June 9, press review: Tony Blair's Washington visit did not secure the result he wanted.
06.06.05, press review: 'It will do little lasting good'

Audio reports
Blair flies in for question time
June 8: Tony Blair was in good spirits for today's question time, although Downing Street is not trying to spin Tony Blair's meeting with George Bush over debt relief for Africa as a great triumph, reports Michael White from Westminster. (4min 03s)

United Nations
Campaigners welcome Africa debt deal
June 8: Aid agencies today welcomed the US concessions on debt relief for Africa announced following Tony Blair's meeting George Bush, but warned the deal did not go far enough on debt cancellation or increasing aid.

Malawi
How Malawi's livelihood went up in smoke
June 8: Tobacco giants reap profits as price slump hits impoverished country's cash crop.

Supermarkets
Waitrose ploughs profits back into African farms
June 6: Waitrose is to plough 20% of all profits from the South African citrus fruit sold in its supermarkets back into farms where the food is grown.

Liberia
British bank rebuked over secret diamond deal
June 3: After 14 years of savage civil war and two of an uneasy peace, diamond-rich Liberia, a country of 3.5 million traumatised people, has a shattered economy.

Make Poverty History
Marching on empty
June 3: The Make Poverty History movement has secured the support of many celebrities and millions of ordinary people. Does it matter if most of them don't really know what they're campaigning for? By Julian Baggini.

Carbon emissions
Africa gains in carbon balance
May 30: The government has decided to invest in an African project to offset carbon dioxide emissions created by all G8 events, air travel, local transport and meetings.

Sudan
Annan pleas for cash to halt famine in southern Sudan
May 30: The UN secretary general, Kofi Annan, yesterday continued his tour of Sudan, visiting the south of the country, where he vowed to redouble efforts to make countries honour their pledges to provide cash aid to a region in the grip of famine.

Football
The bountiful game
May 26: Mark Tran reports on a project that addresses the issues of homelessness and poverty through football.

Privatisation
Flagship Africa scheme collapses
May 25: A flagship water privatisation scheme for Africa has collapsed amid claims that the British company involved has failed to improve the supply for millions of people.

Cartoons




Feeling the warmth
May 25: Steve Bell on Washington's attitude towards Africa.
Latest Guardian cartoons
More cartoons by Steve Bell
Focus on Lagos




Full coverage
March 2005: John Vidal visited Lagos, capital of Nigeria. Here we present a selection of his reports, photographs, comment and analysis and key links to relevant websites.
Vital statistics
Hear Africa 05: statistics
Data: Facts of life on the world's poorest continent.

Commission for Africa report
Report of the Commission for Africa
March 11 2005: Read the full text of Our Common Interest. (pdf)
At a glance: the main recommendations

What the world can do
The targets
Interactive: What needs to be done and how to tell whether it's working.
Make Poverty History

Events




Currencies of trust
Has religion succeeded in Africa where the nation state has failed? Jon Snow chairs an evening of discussion at the British Museum.
Where other G7 countries stand on key issues
A huge donor going its own way
United States: Washington has publicly welcomed the British Africa initiative. But on the road to African development, the US is clearly going its own way.
Japan: Aid targets are very tough
Germany: Education and health crucial
France: Africa must work together

Focus on Maputo




Full coverage
February 2005: Duncan Campbell visited Maputo, capital of Mozambique. Here we present a selection of his reports, photographs by Martin Godwin, comment and analysis and key links to relevant websites.
Bob Marley anniversary
Roots, rock and reggae
February 4: As Africa celebrates the legacy of Bob Marley with an anniversary concert, Robin Denselow considers the impact the continent and Marley had on each other.
Special report: Bob Marley