Summit focuses on United States of Africa plan
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Leaders of the African Union begin a three-day summit here Sunday focused on plans to forge a confederation of states that can help the world&#39;s poorest continent exercise greater clout on the world stage.
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With Africa lagging behind in global development goals and rich countries cutting aid, leaders of multilateral financial institutions decided on Friday it was time to mobilize resources to reduce extreme poverty on the continent.
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African leaders were due to declare a joint vision Tuesday on how their continent should be governed at the end of a summit focused on forging a closer union which exposed rifts over the pace of change.
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KHARTOUM, Dec 7 (IPS) - The fifth summit of the African, Caribbean and  Pacific (ACP) Group of States is taking place under the theme  'United for Peace, Solidarity and Sustainability';  however, negotiations at the meeting may have a somewhat less  harmonious tone.
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Possible US help for DR Congo's army will be discussed when the two countries leaders meet in Washington.
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Libya hosts a summit of 23 African leaders on Saturday against the backdrop of conflicts in Darfur, Ivory Coast and Somalia.
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A summit of African leaders in Libya seeks a solution to the crisis in the Sudanese region of Darfur.
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The launch of a new U.S. military command for Africa is aimed at helping the continent to boost its own security and not at projecting American power or countering Chinese influence, a U.S. official said on Monday.
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PORT OF SPAIN, Dec 5 (IPS) - Not many Caribbean leaders are expected to attend  the two-day summit of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP)  Group starting in Sudan Thursday, but the region will follow its  agenda quite keenly, including a proposed Economic Partnership  Agreement with the European Union and a new threat to its ailing  banana industry.
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President George W. Bush called Africa a "continent of potential" on Thursday as he prepared to visit one of the few regions where he can claim foreign policy successes in a legacy dominated by the Iraq war.
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An extraordinary meeting of the United Nations Security Council takes place on November 18-19 in Nairobi, at the request of the United States, which will focus on Darfur and the southern Sudan peace deal.
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Heads of the 15 states that sit on the African Union's (AU) Peace and Security Council (PSC) will hold a summit to discuss the situation in Ivory Coast on December 10, the organisation announced.
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Britain hopes to use a summit in Ethiopia this week to force an international community obsessed with Iraq and terrorism to also focus on the &quot;scar&quot; of Africa.
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African and black American leaders meeting this week debated an unusual proposal to spur investment and interest in the continent &#151; securing African citizenship for American descendants of Africans taken away as slaves.
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How to tap and protect Africa's natural resources, the continent's role in the world and the information age's impact on African society are pressing themes as a summit of African leaders opens Thursday.Comment
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Tony Blair, the British prime minister, is in Ethiopia to chair a summit he hopes will turn Africa&#39;s problems into a global priority.
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US President George W Bush is due to hold talks in Tanzania with Darfur and Kenya on the agenda.