Brown set to meet African leaders

Gordon Brown is to meet African leaders on Monday to discuss their concerns over how their economies have been affected by the global downturn.

The Prime Minister will chair the G20 global summit in April which aims to tackle the world slowdown.

Only one African country, South Africa, is taking part in the leaders' summit.

The news was announced as African finance ministers met in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania to discuss how Africa should respond to the crisis.

Nemat Sharik, the permanent secretary of the UK's department for international development, told the BBC at the meeting that Mr Brown would meet African leaders on 16 March "to discuss the developing world's concern over the effects of the recession" ahead of the G20 summit.

Posted on Thursday 19th March 2009

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