Africa betrayed: the aid workers' verdict

Aid agencies have rounded furiously on the world's richest countries, describing the G8's much-vaunted rescue plan for Africa as a squandered opportunity and "recycled peanuts".
Tony Blair hailed the action plan from the west's leading industrial nations as a "real significant step forward", but the blueprint was strongly criticised for failing to provide the Marshall plan for Africa the prime minister promised at last year's summit in Genoa.