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Obama invites African leaders to G8 food security talks

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during an event at the White House, May 3, 2012. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama has invited four African leaders to join the G8

leaders’ summit at Camp David later this month for a session on food security, the White House said on

Thursday.

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks

during an event at the White House, May 3, 2012. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

Those invited to participate are Benin’s President Yayi Boni, Ethiopia’s Prime

Minister Meles Zenawi, Ghana’s President John Mills and Tanzania’s President Jakaya Kikwete, White House spokesman Jay

Carney said in a statement.

They will join Obama and the leaders of France, Britain, Italy, Germany, Canada, Japan and

Russia at the presidential retreat in rural Maryland to discuss food security concerns in Africa on May 19, the second day of

the G8 meeting.

The United Nations’ food price index, which measures monthly price changes for cereals, oilseeds,

dairy, meat and sugar, fell slightly in April but remains relatively high, with soybean and rice prices poised to

increase.

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