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| | CORRECTED/REPEAT/POLITICS-AFRICA: Poverty, AIDS Dominate Heads of State Summit |
 | | BLANTYRE, Malawi, Aug 13 (IPS) - Widening poverty, HIV/AIDS, trade, debt relief and conflict resolution dominate this week's annual summit of leaders of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) in Malawi. |
 | | SADC groups South Africa, Mozambique, Swaziland, Lesotho, Namibia, Zambia, Botswana, Malawi, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Mauritius, Seychelles, Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). |
 | | Namibia's trade and tourism minister, Hidipo Hamutenya, who prepared the agenda for the heads of state and government summit, said the leaders also will discuss plans to restructure the organisation into a centralised entity with a strong secretariat in charge of all departments and directorates. |
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