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Issues surrounding water are central to achieving the UN millennium goals. Jeevan Vasagar visited Ethiopia, one of the poorest countries in Africa, to see how a scarcity of clean water affects the people of Addis Ababa

How eight people will decide fate of a continent

Britain wanted a $50bn (£27bn) rise in aid (on top of the current $69bn aid flow) in 2005 and every year after. The aim was to help Africa meet Millennium Development Goals for 2015.

How Europe cheats Africa

Heather Stewart describes how the EU's cosseted farmers are helping to keep a continent in poverty

Africa Commission: It just won't work

Tony Blair's desire to save Africa is admirable; his ideas are not

UK arms sales to Africa reach £1 billion mark

British arms sales to Africa have risen to record levels over the last four years and have reached the £1 billion mark.

Campaigners: Debt plan gives too little to too few

Debt campaigners welcomed Gordon Brown's announcement today of a "modern Marshall Plan" for Africa, but expressed concerns that the initiative was deficient and fraught with problems for poor countries.

Oil wealth urged to save Africa

The fabled wealth of the oil-rich Gulf states is to be targeted in an attempt to salvage a major debt relief deal for Africa ahead of the G8 summit in Gleneagles.

Africa still on road to disaster, says UN

The UN called for urgent action today to avert "disaster" in Africa as it outlined the human cost of a business-as-usual approach to development in the world's poorest continent.

Broken promises leave three million children to die in Africa

As Blair and Bush close in on deal over debt, UN report reveals human cost

Revealed: the new scramble for Africa

A new "scramble for Africa" is taking place among the world's big powers, who are tapping into the continent for its oil and diamonds.