Africa Leaders say MDG deadline should be shortened.
Led by President Paul Kagame of Rwanda, and his counterparts Bingu wa Mutharika of Malawi, Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal, Blaise Compaore of Burkina Faso, Ismail Omar Guelleh of Djibouti, Pierre Nkurunziza of Burundi and the Swazi Deputy Prime Minister Constance Simelane, they said the continent risked not meeting the MDGs by 2015 because of the slow pace at which countries were working towards achieving the goals.
African leaders attending the "Connect Africa" summit in Kigali have recommended that the deadline for achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) should be brought forward by three years to 2012. This, they said will speed up the process of achieving the objectives.
The Kigali summit's objective was to mobilise the human, financial and technical resources required to expand the development of Information Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure and ensure it is used effectively in pursuit of the UN development goals for Africa.
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