Skip to main contentAccess keys help

[an error occurred while processing this directive]
Low graphics|Accessibility help
BBC News
watch One-Minute World News
News Front Page
Africa
Americas
Asia-Pacific
Europe
Middle East
South Asia
UK
Business
Health
Science/Nature
Technology
Entertainment
Also in the news
-----------------
Video and Audio
-----------------
Have Your Say
In Pictures
Country Profiles
Special Reports
RELATED BBC SITES
Last Updated: Wednesday, 15 August 2007, 14:01 GMT 15:01 UK
Children in Kenya
Has the G8 met its promises to Africa?
The BBC's David Loyn asks if the G8 pledges to boost aid and cut debt in Africa are meeting expectations.
Long road to Africa trade deal
Ivory Coast faces economic crisis
Profile: What is the G8?

LATEST NEWS

African woman collecting water $37bn debt cut for poor nations
Geldof pushes G8 on aid to Africa
Blair promises new Africa focus
Charity doubts over G8 pledges
Chinese PM launches Africa tour
Bob Geldof answers questions from BBC News Website readers about the promises made at last year's summit in Gleneagles to boost aid and cut debt in Africa.Ask Bob Geldof
Rock legend answers your questions on Africa and the G8
Progress in Africa
Latest figures shed light on African trade, debt and poverty
Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia's founding president, talks about life after office and his hopes and fears for AfricaKenneth Kaunda
Zambia's founding father on life, freedom and Mrs Thatcher

ZAMBIA CASE STUDIES

Solomon and Matildah Maimisa Confronting Aids
Solomon and Matildah are married and HIV positive

Poverty worries
Hardships remain despite recent boom

Victoria Falls Tourism hopes
Challenges face Zambia's tourist industry

A farmer in a maize field in Zambia Fertile but hungry
Zambia is suffering from food shortages

spacer do not delete

VIDEO AND AUDIO NEWS
Bob Geldof Geldof on G8 summit's winners and losers



One year after the global Live 8 concerts, what has been their lasting impact?Live 8 legacy
One year on, did Live 8 really make a difference?
At the Kasisi Children's Home, in Zambia, an order of nuns takes care of more than 250 babies, orphans and street children - many of whom are HIV positive.Saving children
A day in the life of an orphanage in Zambia in sound and pictures
A year after the G8 Gleneagles summit pledged to help Africa on climate change, progress remains slow.Pollution pledges
Are rich countries helping Africa to tackle climate change?

REPORTS FROM AFRICA

President Kufuor Proud Ghana still depends on aid
Self-reliance costs Eritrea dear
Ivory Coast faces economic crisis
G8 - from optimism to anger

ANALYSIS AND BACKGROUND

Banana Slow progress on Africa trade deal
Hilary Benn answers questions
Doha doldrums set to deepen
UK bid 'to tackle corruption'

Africa celebrated
The continent's people and culture online, on radio and on TV

Zambian pupils at a township school in Lusaka act out a drama on the subject of HIV/AidsIn pictures
African school pupils confront Aids fears

The boss of mining giant Anglo American, Sir Mark Moody-Stuart, tells the BBC why big business is vital for Africa's struggle against poverty.Profiting for Africa
Big business is good for poor nations, says a top mining firm boss
Kenyan journalist John KamauEmpty promises
Kenyan journalist argues the West has sold Africa short

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

AmericasAfricaEuropeMiddle EastSouth AsiaAsia Pacific