Africa: Mbeki to lead high-level meeting on Africa's development

President Thabo Mbeki is expected next week to lead a high-level meeting with African leaders to review the continent's developmental needs as well as the implementation of its development goals. Addressing reporters at the Union Buildings on Thursday, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Aziz Pahad said the meeting, held on the sidelines if the 63rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), will seek to discuss the remaining challenges facing the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).