President Khama in London a) Photo link and b) News Brief

source: Republic of Botswana (23/3/09): TAUTONA TIMES no 8 of 2009
The Weekly Electronic Press Circular of the Office of the President
"Democracy, Development, Dignity and Discipline"


C2) 17/3/09: President Khama in London a) Photo link and b) News Brief

C2a) Photo of H.E. the President w/ other African leaders at yesterday's meeting with the British Prime Minister Brown

Below please find photo [initial mailing] of H.E. President Khama w/ other African leaders at yesterday's meeting with the British Prime Minister the Rt. Honourable Gordon Brown at Lancaster House, the original photo can now be found @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/34189553@N02/3359671221
                                     
C2b) News Brief - President Khama in London

H.E. the President Lt. Gen. Seretse Khama Ian Khama and other selected African leader held consultations in London yesterday with the British Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown, in order to articulate Africa's agenda for the upcoming Summit meeting of the world's leading 20 industrialised nations on the global financial crisis, which is scheduled to convene on 2nd April.

The Africa outreach consultations at Lancaster House were preceded by a closed session of the African leaders, who also included President Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania, President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia, Prime Minister Raila Odinga of Kenya and Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia, as well as Finance Ministers from Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt, Cameroon, Cape Verde and Rwanda, as well as Botswana. Eleven countries in total were represented.

Central bank chiefs plus delegates from pan-African bodies, including the African Union, also attended.

The African Development Bank President, Donald Kaberuka, presented the continent's position paper at the group discussions, which also attended by the Chairman of the AU Commission, Mr. Jean Ping, while the Tanzanian President Kikwete briefed the group on the deliberations of last week's meeting between IMF and African finance ministers in Dar es Salaam.

President Khama was accompanied by Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Mr. Baledzi Gaolathe, Governor of the Bank of Botswana, Ms Linah Mohohlo and senior government officials.

Also additional reporting from the BBC: "Downturn 'risks Africa conflict'": http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/africa/7947321.stm