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Jobs, education, security top list for Africans

Published August 4, 2014 by TNJ Staff
African and Caribbean
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Striking platinum miners sing and dance during a rally near Lonmin's Marikana mine April 29, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Mike HutchingsAfricans see jobs, education and security as their biggest areas of concern, according to a poll on Monday conducted by ONE, the anti-poverty campaign co-founded by rockers Bono and Bob Geldof.

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The poll comes on the eve of an Aug. 4-6 African summit of nearly 50 African leaders hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington where deals worth billions of dollars are expected to be announced.

The poll offers a snapshot of priorities for Africans and their attitudes towards the United States from nine countries as small as Benin and Rwanda to larger and more populous nations including Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, Tanzania, and Tunisia.

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