	gatt meeting hears plea for african debt relief debt among african countries will continue to grow and their economies will remain stifled unless developed countries lower their interest rates nigerian  minister samaila mamman said today he told an informal meeting of the general agreement on tariffs and  the widening gap between industrialized and developing countries and an unfair international economic system were major obstacles to growth in developing countries i wish to emphasize that the growth in the volume of the external indebtedness of african countries reflects the full effect of the deflationary monetary and  policies of the developed market economy countries mamman said delegates from countries are attending the talks of the world  body in the new zealand resort of taupo reuter 
