Earth Summit: The Africans steal the show

From: New African | Date: October 1, 2002| Author: Mbakwe, Tom; Commey, Pusch | Copyright information

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Forget the thousands of heads of state, government officials and NGO representatives who descended on Johannesburg for the UN Earth Summit (26 Aug - 4 Sept). The real showmen were the Africans. Pusch Commey in Johannesburg and Tom Mbakwe in London report.

For many years to come, the UN Earth Summit in Johannesburg will be remembered for three things. First, President Sam Nujoma of Namibia wagging his index finger in the direction of the British prime minister, T...

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