Africa must launch tough economic reforms - Clinton

African nations must stop seeking handouts and begin tough structural reforms, especially on trade, if they truly want to improve their economies, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said.

"Most of the work that needs to be done needs to be done in Africa," Clinton told a forum about US diplomacy on the continent."If you look at trade between African countries, it is abysmally minimalistic," Clinton said.

"African countries don't trade with themselves. They have barriers and tariffs and customs problems that stand in the way of developing their own economies."

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