Michelle Obama to African youth: Show leadership
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2011-06-23 02:01:16 GMT2011-06-23 10:01:16(Beijing Time) SINA.com
US first lady Michelle Obama holds up a carrot as she gardens during a community service project at Vhuthilo Community Center in Soweto township, Johannesburg, South Africa, June 22, 2011. [Photo/Agencies]
US first lady Michelle Obama gardens as she participates in a community service project at Vhuthilo Community Center in Soweto township, Johannesburg June 22, 2011. [Photo/Agencies]
US first lady Michelle Obama plants spinach as she gardens during a community service project at Vhuthilo Community Center in Soweto township, Johannesburg June 22, 2011. [Photo/Agencies]
US first lady Michelle Obama visits a community service project at Vhuthilo Community Center in Soweto township, Johannesburg June 22, 2011. [Photo/Agencies]
US first lady Michelle Obama laughs as a boy, foreground, asks her to join in a dance as she visits a community service project at Vhuthilo Community Center in Soweto township, Johannesburg June 22, 2011. [Photo/Agencies]
US first lady Michelle Obama (R) lays a wreath with Antoinette Sithole, sister of Hector Pietersen, at the Hector Pietersen Memorial in Soweto, June 22, 2011. Hector Pietersen became a symbol of the apartheid struggle in South Africa when he was killed by police during the 1976 student uprising in Soweto. [Photo/Agencies]
US first lady Michelle Obama hugs youth after participating in a community service project at Vhuthilo Community Center in Soweto township, Johannesburg, June 22, 2011. [Photo/Agencies]
JOHANNESBURG - Michelle Obama says leadership isn't limited to age or status in life and that the world is looking to its young people to be the next generation of problem-solvers.
The US first lady delivered that message Wednesday in Johannesburg, South Africa, during a keynote speech to an American-sponsored forum of young women leaders from the continent.
Sixty percent of Africa's population is under age 25. And in South Africa, two-thirds of its people are younger than 30.
Mrs. Obama urged her listeners to be the ones who banish hunger and end HIV/AIDS.
She spoke at the Regina Mundi Church in Soweto township, which was a religious hub and sanctuary during the anti-apartheid uprisings 35 years ago.
(Agencies)