1.   African leaders are worried, firstly about the official flow of aid, and also about levels of private investment.

2.   The subject of growing demands for greater democracy on the continent preoccupied African leaders attending the summit.

3.   Almost all the African leaders Albright visited have embraced market reforms.

4.   Also, Stremlau said, he is encouraged by the new attitude of African leaders.

5.   And in Nigeria, a newspaper assailed the West for trying to demonize an African leader intent on redressing a historical wrong.

6.   Annan had hoped that the meeting of nine regional African leaders Tuesday in the Nigerian capital Abuja might find a political way out of the crisis in Sierra Leone.

7.   And yet, African leaders have been reluctant to condemn Mugabe as harshly as their Western counterparts.

8.   Behind the scenes, his fellow African leaders are doing their best to help see that happen.

9.   A broad array of African religious leaders gathered here on Monday to acknowledge that they have been far too silent as AIDS has swept through their congregations.

10.   A number of African leaders criticized the global system of commerce as contributing to the problem.