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By Hasan Suroor
LONDON, MARCH 11. The British-sponsored Commission for Africa has called upon rich nations to double their aid to the region, cancel debts and take steps to provide a more level-playing field to African countries in the world market. The 400-page final report, launched here in the presence of the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, also urged African Governments to improve governance and root out corruption. "Corruption is systemic in much of Africa today... (and) has a corrosive effect on efforts to improve governance,'' it said. Mr Blair, who set up the Commission in February last year, said that eradicating poverty in Africa was the "fundamental challenge of our generation''.
Change for the better
"Africa can change for the better and the report shows how,'' he said at the launch of the report adding that there could be "no defence, no excuse, no justification for the plight of millions of our fellow-beings in Africa today''. The report, described by the Commission as a "blisteringly honest'' examination of Africa's problems and the way forward, urged the wealthy nations to raise their aid to Africa by $50 billion a year over the next 10 years. "We believe now is the time when external support can have a powerful impact and that this is the vital moment for the world to get behind Africa's efforts,'' it said. Its recommendations include debt relief, repatriation of illegally acquired money held in foreign banks, more funding for peacekeeping in Africa and ban on arms sales to conflict zones
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