Clinton urges stronger African governments
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Former President Clinton told African leaders Monday that they need to strengthen their governments so that they can address long-standing problems of hunger and disease.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair's personal organisation to spearhead development activities in Africa issued a call on Thursday for massive international cooperation to assist the continent.
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President opens African tour by urging Nairobi to consent to power-sharing deal with opposition.
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African leaders and heads of international agencies on Friday urged the African Union&#39;s development program NEPAD to move forward to help accelerate the continent&#39;s integration and growth.
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President Thabo Mbeki called on Friday for a renewed effort to make rugby in South Africa truly multi-racial as he headed to Paris to rally the Springboks for their World Cup final showdown with England.
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Former US president Bill Clinton will visit Zambia this weekend to boost an UN-backed HIV/AIDS drugs programme which is helping treat some 13,250 children, UNITAID said Thursday.
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The African Union called on the international community to take tougher action in Ivory Coast and Congo, two of the continent's biggest crises that risk destabilizing their wider regions.
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa  - South African President  Thabo Mbeki vowed Friday to step up the battle against  HIV/AIDS, saying his government's program was among the world's  best.
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African leaders have lauded progress towards peace in the continent's powderkeg Great Lakes region, but said more was needed to overcome challenges to lasting stability and development.
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The president of one of Africa's most stable democracies sought another five-year term Sunday, jostling with 14 contenders in a race that may hinge on the votes of young people hungry for jobs.
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Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said on  Wednesday his plan for a United States of Africa should include  creating a two million strong army to staunch recurrent  conflicts which have ravaged many of the continent&#39;s nations.
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Nelson Mandela on Thursday compared widespread poverty in developing countries to man-made evils such as slavery and apartheid, and urged wealthy nations to do more to fight it.
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South African icon Nelson Mandela challenged leaders of rich nations on Thursday to ease the plight of the poor by slashing debt, boosting aid and making world trade fairer.
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Market reforms in Africa at the urging of western institutions have not succeeded and a &quot;strong developmental state&quot; is the best way forward for Ethiopia, the country's prime minister said in an interview published in the Financial Times.
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Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo implored dozens of fellow African leaders Sunday to work together to overcome the poverty, disease and conflict afflicting the world's poorest continent.
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African leaders meet this weekend to debate a grand plan for a continental government, but they face pleas for urgent action now to halt conflicts in Darfur and Somalia and tackle enduring poverty.
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Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and the other Democratic presidential contenders battled for black support on Thursday with attacks on the ravages of racism, promises to lift up the poor and pledges to do more for Africa.