Sep 23 - World leaders meeting at the United Nations in New York have renewed their pledge to help African nations tackle poverty and improve future development.

Leaders from African governments have criticised wealthy nations for failing to meet their promises of increased aid.

The U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said not one African country was on track to meet all of the aims agreed in the Millennium Development Goals which was set in 2000 to halve global poverty by 2015.

Liz Kennedy reports.

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