Africa 'needs billions more aid', Blair commission

London, 13 Sept-(ANA)-The commission set up by ex-UK Prime Minister Tony Blair to find solutions to poverty in Africa says the continent needs billions more dollars in aid.

The Commission for Africa says the world's poorest continent has made "extraordinary progress" since 2005.

But poverty reduction has also become more challenging in many parts of Africa, it says.

The commission's report has been published ahead of a global poverty summit in New York later this month.

There has been what the commission calls "dramatic" economic growth and a surge in trade and investment, not least because of the demand for Africa's natural resources from countries such as China and India. (ANA)

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