22 September 2008
Amid growing concerns that Africa is lagging behind other regions in the global campaign to halve poverty by 2015, the General Assembly is convening a high-level meeting today on “Africa’s development needs: the state of implementation of various commitments, challenges and the way forward”.

Yesterday President George Bush reported on his recent trip to Africa to members of the diplomatic corps, NGOs, and development policymakers at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington.