While the leaders of the richest countries of the world are congregate per two days in isolated Canadian resort, hundreds of activists had stayed today in a small town of Mali for "a contracupola of the poor persons". "We want to make our voices heard", said Mohamed Tabouret Dribble, spokesman of the group Jubileu 2000 - which fights for the reduction of the debts of the poor countries - in Mali, one of the more poor countries of the world, with average per capita income of USS 240,00. "We want to say to the world that we do not agree to being left backwards."

He said that about 600 activists of Mali, Burkina Fasso, Senegal and Guiné, beyond possible others from Canada and Great-Britain, were waited for a meeting in Siby, 50 kilometers of the Bamako capital, to argue the growth of the economy in the poorest continent of the globe. The meeting coincides with the cupola of the G-8 which is in Kananaskis, in Canada, where a new initiative to assist the development of Africa must occupy an important part of the agenda of the leaders.

Many activists say that some countries of Africa still spend billions of dollar every year to pay debts, while they could destine this money to improve its services of health and education. "the G8 has interest in keeping developing countries under its game of exploration", affirmed Tabouret.

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