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Africa-AIDS: African leaders join AIDS conference in Addis Abab

Agence France-Presse - December 6, 2000 click here for francais language version

ADDIS ABABA, Dec 6 (AFP) - Four African leaders, presidents Paul Kagame of Rwanda, Yoweri Museveni of Uganda and Festus Mogae of Botswana and Senegalese Prime Minister Moustapha Niasse, arrived here Wednesday for a conference on HIV-AIDs in Africa, an official said.

Others to attend the closing session of the five-day conference, which began on Sunday, include Ethiopian President Negasso Gidada, Malawian Deputy President Justin Malewezi, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and his Chadian counterpart, Nagoum Yamassoum.

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, who arrived in Addis Ababa on Tuesday morning, was also due to attend the closing ceremonies Thursday.

The conference, which has drawn 1,500 delegates -- among them people living with HIV-AIDS -- is being held around the theme, "AIDS: the greatest leadership challenge."

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