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Court circuit – Embassy 8 – May 2008
Lord Malloch Brown addresses guests at the Africa Day celebrations
Mozambique High Commissioner Antonio Gumende, Tanzanian High Commissioner Mwanaidi Maajar, Lord Malloch Brown and Dean of the African heads of mission, the High Commissioner for Cameroon Samuel Libock Mbei
Ambassador of Equatorial Guinea Augustin Nze Nfumu, Lindiwe Miya (SAWID), Elizabeth Stewart (Embassy magazine) and South African High Commissioner Lindiwe Mabuza
Mrs Elizabeth Moto (Malawi), Mrs Esteri Machinga (Zimbabwe), Grace Chibwa (Zambia) and Angolan Ambassador Anna Maria Carreir
Nigerian High Commissioner Dahaltu Tafida, Gambian High Commissioner Elizabeth Ya Eli Harding and Ghanaian High Commissioner Annan Cato
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Botswana High Commissioner Roy Blackbeard and Mozambique High Commissioner Antonio Gumende
Call to action
High food and fuel prices are threatening to derail Africa's progress on achieving the Millennium Development Goals, Lord Malloch Brown said in his Africa Day address. Echoing the statement of the AU Chairman Tanzanian President, Jakaya Kikwete, the Africa Minister said the immediate humanitarian response needed to be backed up with long-term policies that would benefit the poor, and called on world leaders to get the MDGs "back on track" at the UN Summit in September. He also saluted Africa's "new" donors – China, India and Brazil – for helping the continent to build a modern infrastructure that would enable it compete globally, but said African nations should guard against building up impossible debt burdens. He concluded by saying Africa now had the institutions to help the continent face the challenges of the 21st century.
The High Commissioner for Swaziland Mary Kanya and Anna Vanderpuye
Zambian High Commissioner Anderson Chibwa and Commonwealth Secretary General Kamalesh Sharma
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