Debt
For decades, African countries were spending billions of dollars each year repaying debts to donor countries and international financial institutions. Learn More


HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria
HIV/AIDS killed 1.6 million people in Africa in 2007. Tuberculosis (TB) killed approximately 550,000 people in the region last year, and at least 1 million people die from malaria each year, mostly children in Africa. Learn More

Trade
Development assistance and debt relief are critical to jump starting Africa's development, but African countries want the opportunity to earn their own resources for fighting poverty and growing their economies. Learn More

Development Assistance
Development assistance plays a critical role in the fight against AIDS and extreme poverty in Africa. Learn More

DATA Report
In 2005, as a result of this unprecedented public pressure, leaders of the world's wealthiest countries (United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Canada and Russia, known as the "Group of 8" or G8) made an historic set of commitments to Africa, promising substantial resources and setting ambitious targets to fight extreme poverty. Learn More

G8
The Group of 8 – or “G8” as it is often called – is a group of the world’s richest and most powerful countries that gather annually to discuss a broad range of global economic and political issues. In recent years, the G8’s annual summit has had tremendous implications for Africa’s poor. Learn More