How can the World live up to it's promises to Africa? Today world leaders gathered together to address that question and the state of the world during the closing sessions of the G8 summit in Italy. This year's topics ranged from the global economic crisis, food security to climate change. Chinaview.cn reported that African leadership from various countries on the continent including Ethiopia, Senegal, Egypt and the African Union met with members of the G8 and the G5 (group of 5 of the leading developing nations, includes China) for a closing breakfast to discuss issues like climate change, food security and development in Africa.
"The key message for us is to ask the G8 to live up to their commitments."
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told Reuters this week before flying to Italy for the half-day meeting. Members of the G8 hoped to reassure African leaders that they would indeed follow-up on their word. At the closing of the G8 summit the leaders of "developed" nations pledged 15 billion in aid for food security and the development of agricultural programs. chinaview.cn reports the g8 leaders also pledged to increase the $15 billion to $20 billion over three years. The annual G8 summit brings together the top 8 developed (from a capitalist perspective) nations in the world for talks and negotiations on world affairs. The G8 includes the United States, Japan, Germany, France, Britain, Italy, Canada and Russia.
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