East Africa: Youth Top AU's Nepad-Led Devt Agenda

Rising youth unemployment and migration of the continent's young people were cited as major challenges as the African Union spelt out its development agenda under the New Partnership for Africa's Development on Friday.

At a press briefing, Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, who is also the AU chairman, announced that he was establishing a university in Harare that will specialise in training African youth in extraction of minerals.

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