Jobs, education, security top list for Africans, ONE poll shows


  • World
  • Monday, 04 Aug 2014

Striking platinum miners sing and dance during a rally near Lonmin's Marikana mine April 29, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Africans 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.

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.

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