Aid to Africa

"Construction work on a 51-mile stretch of road will cost an estimated £2.9bn, twice Britain's yearly aid budget to Africa"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/transport/Story/0,,2138044,00.html

UK Conservative Party volunteers for Africa

http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianpolitics/story/0,,2131500,00.html

44 members of the Conservative Party in the UK have volunteered to work on projects in Rwanda.

"This issue is central to the Conservative party and I think to British politics," said Mr Mitchell. "Our generation is the generation that is going to make a real difference to the enormous discrepancy of wealth that exists between the rich world and the poor world, which is obscene."

Andrew Mitchell is the shadow international development secretary in the British Parliament.

Internet Cooperation

India provides medical help to Africa via the Internet:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6295044.stm

The war on corruption continues

"Disgraced media mogul Conrad Black faces a lengthy stretch in a US jail after a court convicted him of looting millions of pounds from his Hollinger empire by embezzling funds from shareholders."

http://business.guardian.co.uk/conradblacktrial/story/0,,2126307,00.html

African corruption 'on the wane'

"African nations have taken the biggest steps in reducing corruption over the past 10 years, the World Bank has said."

BBC World website

World Bank report shows that Africa is winning the fight against corruption.

postive action from the UK Government

"Treasury plans to shut arms sales department"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/baefiles/story/0,,2122026,00.html

The international arms trade fuels conflict, such as currently happening in Darfur.
The decision that UK taxpayers should stop subsidising this trade is very welcome.