Obama To Call For Private Investment To Combat Poverty In Africa

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President Barack Obama is set to unveil a new initiative Friday that will seek private investment in various agricultural projects intended to lift up to 50 million African people out of poverty, Richard Wolf reports.

The announcement, which will come during an event in Washington today on African food security, will coincide with this weekend’s G8 Summit, which will commence later today at Camp David.  

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