SEVERAL African states have expressed their reluctance to use the 13th Non-Aligned Movement Summit here as a platform to present two of the biggest problems currently plaguing the continent – AIDS and famine – preferring instead to allow the impending war on Iraq and the Palestinian crisis to take precedence.
Ambassador to China Addis Alem Balema said Ethiopia would not be using the summit to air their plight or request for aid from member nations despite facing a famine worse than that of 1984 which killed nearly one million people and sparked a big international relief effort.
