Africa: AU chairman calls for action on Nepad

The new African Union (AU) chairman, Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, warned on Wednesday that "unfulfilled commitments" by rich nations pose one of the greatest threats to Africa’s development. Speaking in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, Obasanjo said that the New Partnership for Africa's Development (Nepad) was being undermined by inaction on the part of those nations.