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THE
G8, AFRICA AND THE UNITED NATIONS, AND
THE ROLE OF AFRICAN BUSINESS
 As
the G8 debates African poverty and Africa's needs,
we ask the deputy head of the UNDP, Zephirin Diabre,
what Africa could really expect from the G8 Summit:
"I don't think we as Africans should
spend our time expecting others to come and solve
our problems. It is a good thing if our issues
are being taken upfront by our partners. But it
goes without saying that the main responsibilities
for finding the solutions remain in the African."
And former Nigerian Industry Minister,
Alhaji Bamanga Tukur on the crucial role of Africa's
private sector.
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Millions
of people in the world's third poorest country, Niger,
face a severe food shortage, with many children dying
of hunger and others severely malnourished. The Special
Rapporteur For the Right to Food, Jean Ziegler, who
has just been in Niger compares the situation to the
Ethiopian famine: "I have seen here in Niamey,
in Walla and other provinces, starving children, as
you see in Ethiopia and other big catastrophes. I think
dozens of children are dying every day under the age
of five."
And,
in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, dozens
of villagers are burnt alive in their homes by attackers
suspected to be former Rwandan Hutu Interahamwe. We
ask the UN envoy for the DR Congo what is being done
to protect civilians: "One, is to keep the
illegal foreign armed groups under pressure to go back
home. Two, to fulfill our civilian protection mandate
and three, to prepare the way for the time when the
Congolese army comes in to send these people back under
force, if necessary." 
Tenth anniversary of the Rwandan
genocide: Why did the genocide happen?
Why was the UN unable to prevent the killings
or stop the massacres? What lessons have been
learned? 
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