Africa’s anti-poverty goals in doubt, UN

Addis Ababa, 06 Nov-(ANA)-Africa’s efforts to meet the global anti-poverty targets known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by their 2015 

are threatened by the impact of the global financial crisis, the UN has said.

UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro said “Despite some notable achievements, progress is off track across the continent.” 

Migiro told the Regional Coordination Mechanism (RCM) meeting in the Ethiopian 

capital, Addis Ababa that between 2000 and 2008, Africa achieved impressive economic growth that averaged more than five per cent per year.

“But that good news is in peril. The economic crisis, for which Africa bears no 

responsibility, has drastically reversed recent trends,” she said at the 

meeting, hosted by the Economic Commission for Africa .(ANA)

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