In a piece titled, "Britain proposes end of poverty in Africa", UPI reports that England is launching a war on poverty of its own:

LONDON, Jun. 4 (UPI) — Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown has proposed a plan to tackle poverty in Africa before the G8 Summit in Scotland next month.

Brown wants to double aid from Europe by 2010, provide 100 percent debt relief, put an end to many trade subsidies and end trade-distorting support of agriculture, the BBC reported.

The chancellor wants to set up an International Finance Facility to double development aid to Africa to help fund education and medical programs such as immunization.

Update: On the other hand, it's tough to argue with this assessment from Tony Blair: "Africa is worth fighting for. Europe, in its present form, is not."