African heads tackle key problems
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More than 25 heads of state meet in Nigeria to try to resolve some of the Africa's most pressing problems.
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South African President Thabo Mbeki pledged to tackle poverty and crime, speed up land redistribution to blacks and fight AIDS in a speech on Friday that focused on the country's most glaring social ills.
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African leaders have vowed to speed up the economic and political integration of their continent to pursue the goal of a United States of Africa, but they also agreed to study more closely how to achieve it.
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Africa's poor millions, already suffering grinding poverty and rampant disease, risk bearing the brunt of the global warming crisis unless urgent action is taken now, a leading Nigerian scientist said Wednesday.
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An African summit went on into the night on Tuesday as the leaders struggled to forge a consensus and avoid a public split over moves to unite the continent under one federal government.
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African economies face a daunting challenge to catch up with the rest of the world after missing out on two decades of growth, a new report by the World Bank has said.
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A club of African leaders fighting for improved democracy and better governance came under the spotlight Friday ahead of a summit looking at transforming the 53-member African Union (AU) into a closer-knit federation.
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Long-lasting problems affecting Africa can only be solved by Africans through peace, democracy and good governance, Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai said yesterday.
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African leaders call for more funds to fight the world's deadliest diseases - Aids, tuberculosis and malaria.
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The United States of Africa. It's one of few concrete plans African leaders agreed on as they struggled with issues of peacekeeping and political disputes at this week's continental summit.
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Africa's economy will grow faster this year, but changes are still needed if it is to catch up with the rest of the world.
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Kenya's feuding president and opposition leader have agreed to work with a panel of African personalities to seek resolution to a dispute over the December 27 election, the head of the African Union said on Thursday.
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Africa's poor millions, already  suffering grinding poverty and rampant disease, risk bearing  the brunt of the global warming crisis unless urgent action is  taken now, a leading Nigerian scientist said Wednesday.
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Several African leaders are gathering in Libya to try to find a solution to the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region.
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A number of African leaders are gathering in Johannesburg to discuss progress -- or lack of progress -- on meeting the goals of the New Partnership for African Development, or NEPAD.
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Climate change and aid to Africa are top issues for leaders of industrialized nations.
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When Nelson Mandela speaks, South  Africa usually listens. But his message on AIDS still has  trouble getting through.