G8 leaders pressure African leaders on Zimbabwe

Canada among bottom ranks of groups in African aid: Oxfam Prime Minister Stephen Harper and other Group of Eight leaders put pressure on the heads of African states on Monday over Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's continued rule, saying the crisis is undermining confidence that aid money would be well spent in Africa, according to Canadian officials. Prime Minister Stephen Harper chats with Ghana President John Kufuor at the G8 summit in Toyako, Japan, on Monday. (Tom Hanson/Canadian Press)The issue of poverty and governance on the world's poorest continent dominated the first day of talks in Japan between G8 and African leaders during the group's three-day summit, which is also expected to focus on global warming and soaring oil prices. The 84-year-old Mugabe claimed victory as the only candidate in the widely condemned... [read full story]