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Miliband hones in on Africa’s debt imbalance

With aid off the agenda, the government promises a fresh deal on debt relief and development finance as it prepares to take the G20 presidency

Britain’s newish Prime Minister Andy Burnham has made little secret that foreign policy is not his main interest. By appointing Ed Miliband, a former Labour leader, as Foreign Secretary, he has handed day-to-day diplomacy to a heavyweight and kept only the set-piece summits for himself. The result is that Africa policy will be set largely by Miliband. His first test is Britain’s G20 presidency, which begins in December.

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