(L-R) Congolese President Denis Sassou, Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta, Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir attend the opening session of the fourth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on November 8, 2009. Wen pledged to give African countries 10 billion dollars in concessional loans as the two-day summit opened in Egypt. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 week ago

(L-R) Congolese President Denis Sassou, Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta, Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir attend the opening session of the fourth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on November 8, 2009. Wen pledged to give African countries 10 billion dollars in concessional loans as the two-day summit opened in Egypt.

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