Interviews

The decisions of last July's G8 Summit at Gleneagles, Scotland, has been praised by some as success and condemned by others who had been expecting a different outcome. But even though many of the British government's suggestions were not adopted, as many as 50 were translated into commitments by the G8. British High Commissioner, Mr Gordon Wetherell, and former US Ambassador in Ghana, Mrs Mary Carlin Yates , discuss these decisions and how they affect Africa.     read more >>

GLENEAGLES DELIVERED SIGNIFICANT STEPS

His Excellency Mr Gordon Wetherell, British High Commissioner to Ghana.

The July 2005 G8 Summit at Gleneagles, Scotland, had been preceded by the decision,  a month earlier, of the G8 Ministers to cancel debts owed the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the African Development Bank by 18 poor, developing countries which had already satisfied HIPC conditions.     read more >>

GHANA IS AN IMPORTANT BENEFICIARY

 Her Excellency Mrs Mary Carlin Yates, former US Ambassador to Ghana.

Even though the far-reaching decisions by the G8 leaders on debt cancellation and aid have been criticised in some quarters as too little   too late - especially too late - there is no doubt that without US concurrence and support, even the "little" would have been difficult to come by.     read more >>