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Kagame to be patron of African youth group

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    Rwandan President Paul Kagame has been invited to be the patron of the African Youth Group, currently participating in the UN conference against racism in Durban, South Africa, the Rwandan News Agency (RNA) announced recently. “The African Youth Group made their request to President Kagame on Thursday evening. “We selected President Kagame to be our patron because of Rwanda’s commitment to rights and interests of youth,” African Youth Group leader Mohamed Haji-Kella of Sierra Leone was quoted as saying. The youth group also sought Kagame’s assistance in establishing an “African Youth Charter” to be signed by all African heads of state, with commitments to a wide range of issues including peace, development and human rights.

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