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UN WORLD
SUMMIT
WHAT DOES AFRICA GAIN?
 The
UN's largest ever summit of world leaders has
just ended in New York. What exactly are
African countries taking away from this major
summit? UN Director for Strategic Planning, Abiodun
Williams: "In no other continent in
the world will more lives be saved than in Africa
... If you see the glass as half full, you will
see that there are practical, very important decisions
which have been taken."
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But
there are some doubts about the exact date for the polls.
The UN's top envoy in Liberia, Alan Doss, tells us about
his expectations: "We know other countries
in Africa and beyond that have gone through dreadful
times, awful conflict, but with UN and other international
help, have come out of it, held a successful election,
moved on to do the things that need to be done. ...
It can be done. And that's the message that I keep giving
Liberians: it can be done!" 
And
one of Africa's most successful musicians, Youssou N'Dour
of Senegal is deploying his talent and fame again in
the fight against malaria - a disease that kills close
to 3,000 African children every day: "What
we expect October 8th is music unite - different sounds,
different language and a lot of vibrations between the
crowd and us."
Tenth anniversary of the Rwandan
genocide: Why did the genocide happen?
Why was the UN unable to prevent the killings
or stop the massacres? What lessons have been
learned?