Pop stars, world leaders rally to end poverty


US First Lady Michelle Obama leaves the stage after her speech at the fourth annual Global Citizen Festival in Central Park Manhattan on September 26, 2015 in New York. - AFP / Kena Betancur

New York (AFP) - Some of the biggest names in music and politics from Beyonce to European prime ministers rallied in a concert aimed at mobilizing action to eradicate extreme poverty.

Before thousands of people in New York's Central Park and a far greater audience on television, the Global Citizen Festival sought to use entertainment to broaden support for new United Nations development goals.

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