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9 June 2005: Programme Number 51

NEW WORLD BANK PRESIDENT GOES TO AFRICA,
MARBURG BADLY AFFECTS ANGOLAN CHILDREN, AND THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL'S VISIT TO SOUTH SUDAN

From being a member of President Bush's government to becoming the man who would eliminate poverty in Africa: former US Deputy Defence Secretary Paul Wolfowitz travels to Africa, in his first month as the new president of the World Bank. "Africa will be my first priority for the Bank. The Bank has a unique role to play in Africa, and there is a unique need for the Bank in Africa"

From Angola, UNICEF officer Akhil Iyer tells us how the outbreak of the deadly Marburg disease is having a severe impact on hundreds of children. "We have seen that almost half of all deaths in all cases have been children. The Marburg epidemic also killed many adults very, very quickly. So a number of children were orphaned."

Plus, white bulls given to UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, in South Sudan, remain behind in Rumbek to help widows and orphans. A closer view from South Sudan as millions return to their homes after more than 20 years of war.

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