Blair report spares Africa's feelings. In its first report, the Africa Progress Panel, launched by former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, has largely ducked the problem of "naming and shaming" Western countries that have fallen short on promises to increase aid and African states that have not brought in reforms to improve democracy.
The report, launched in London by former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, does spell out the shortcomings on both sides, but is careful to avoid pointing the finger at the states that have fallen below the terms agreed at the Gleneagles summit in 2005. Only Zimbabwe is really singled out for direct criticism, although the conflicts in Darfur, the instability in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and the chaos in Somalia are mentioned. Helene Cooper - Africa - Liberia. WP: Tanzania tribe threatened - washingtonpost.com Highlights -
Great Grandpa was a slave. Apologize - tHiNkEr’S rOoM. Apparently black people wish for some sort of apology, as well as some sort of financial consideration because at some point in time these sons of toil moved tons of soil under a variety of persuasive agents such as whips, shotguns and axes. They sowed, weeded and harvested for massa to eat. They cleaned, washed, mowed and painted for the modest salary of room and board, shared and hard respectively.