Africa Gets Support from France

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The French president has called for Africa to be given a bigger say in world affairs and better representation on the UN Security Council.

President Nicolas Sarkozy, speaking at a two-day France-Africa summit in Nice, also said Africa would be a key source of global growth in the coming decades.

He pledged to push for Security Council reform next year.

Thirty-eight heads of state and some 200 business leaders are at the summit, the first to be hosted by Mr Sarkozy. - BBC