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African Nations Plan to Monitor One Another
February 15, 2004 By REUTERS KIGALI, Rwanda, Feb. 14 (Reuters) - African leaders trying to fight poverty through better governance said Saturday that they planned "peer reviews" of 16 nations by March 2006 to try to improve the reputation of this continent, where much of the news has been about conflict and disease. Peer scrutiny is a central part of Africa's rescue plan, the New Partnership for Africa's Development, promising improved political and economic management in return for increased foreign investment and trade for the poorest continent. "African has appreciated that its fortune is in its own hands," President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria said at the close of a summit meeting of 10 African heads of state in Rwanda. "We are not doing this just for the fun of it. We are doing it because we know it is in our best interests to do it." Described by its architects as a long-term project, the effort is being watched by both Africans and international donors to gauge the continent's seriousness. Officials at the summit meeting, convened to establish the peer review program, said experts would start the process by traveling to the first nation to be reviewed, Ghana, in April, followed shortly afterward by trips to Rwanda, Kenya and Mauritius. Next up for review, from 2005, are Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Ethiopia, Mali, Uganda, Burkina Faso, Algeria, Cameroon, Gabon, and the Congo Republic. "The panel is keen to ensure that all 16 participating countries are reviewed by March 2006," said a document circulated at the meeting. "The rationale of this strategy is that all participating countries should be reviewed in a limited period" if it is to be an "effective learning process among participating countries." Mr. Obasanjo said Angola had volunteered for review and this would happen after March 2006. The plan by African leaders to monitor one other's performance on human rights, corruption, and democracy is expected to have cost $13.8 million by 2006, with most financing coming from African countries, the documents show. Leaders at meeting, including the South African president, Thabo Mbeki, and Senegal's president, Abdoulaye Wade, urged member nations of the 53-member African Union to provide funds for peer review.--------------------------------- Get Home Delivery of The New York Times Newspaper. Imagine reading The New York Times any time & anywhere you like! Leisurely catch up on events & expand your horizons. Enjoy now for 50% off Home Delivery! Click here: http://www.nytimes.com/ads/nytcirc/index.html HOW TO ADVERTISE --------------------------------- For information on advertising in e-mail newsletters or other creative advertising opportunities with The New York Times on the Web, please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit our online media kit at http://www.nytimes.com/adinfo For general information about NYTimes.com, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Copyright 2004 The New York Times Company
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