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Afri
can leaders are to meet on Wednesday next week in the Nigerian
capital Abuja to discuss how their continent can get the most out
of the upcoming G8 summit of rich countries, officials said.
Some 23 African heads of state and of government have been invited
to attend a meeting under the auspices of the New Partnership for
Africa's Development (Nepad), Nepad spokesperson Muhammad Kudu
Abubakar said.
Nepadis a continent-wide development plan drawn up by African
leaders in a bid to prove they are serious about cutting
corruption, reforming their economies and promoting
democracy.
The leaders of the G8 groups of the world's most industrialised
countries agreed last year to increase development aid and debt
relief in order to relieve poverty in Africa if the plan is seen to
be working.
G8 will convene June 1-3 in Evian, France.
The May 28 summit will come one day before Nigerian President
Olusegun Obasanjo, one of Nepad's key backers, is inaugurated for
his second term and many leaders are expected to stay on for the
ceremony.
But one of Nepad's architects, Algeria's Abdelaziz Bouteflika, will
not attend, officials in Algiers said, as he is expected to be
dealing still with the aftermath of Wednesday's devastating
earthquake in his country. – Sapa-AFP.
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