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09/10/2004:

"African leaders release action plan to combat poverty"

OUAGADOUGOU : African heads of state released an action plan aiming to provide "remedies" for the chronic unemployment problem that has kept hundreds of millions destitute on the world's poorest continent.

The plan, the result of a two-day African Union summit in Burkina Faso, included ideas on how to revitalize the agricultural sector, a backbone of Africa's mostly rural economies, and how to regulate and adequately compensate those engaged in informal work, particularly women.

Full Article : channelnewsasia.com