Benin's President Thomas Yayi Boni, left, shakes hands with ...
16th Nov 2006, 13:13 GMT
(AP) - Benin's President Thomas Yayi Boni, left, shakes hands with World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz, during a European Development conference in Brussels, Wednesday Nov. 15, 2006. The European Union hosts a three-day conference aimed at persuading African leaders, business and aid groups to embrace its policy of providing billions of euros (dollars) more aid to poor African countries on condition they speed up political and economic reforms. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)