AFP: Rich should compensate Africa for global warming: Ethiopian PM

MOGADISHU (AFP) — Rich countries should compensate Africa for the consequences of their carbon emissions on the world's poorest continent, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said Wednesday.

"My view is that Africa has been suffering from the consequences of carbon emissions in the developed world," Meles told a press conference.

"There are some theories that the droughts of the 90s might have been influenced by a phenomenon of global warming caused by pollution in northern countries," added Meles.

He said he would defend that position at next month's G8 summit in Italy and suggested African countries made a joint push for it at crucial climate change talks in Copenhagen in December.