Brussels, 11/07/2005 (Agence Europe) - The International Union of Public Transport (IUPT) and its African section, AUPT, sent a letter last week to the leaders of the G8 countries drawing their attention to the role that public transport plays in combating poverty in Africa. Public transport is the only means of transport for a large part of the population, for gaining access to town centres and therefore to the labour market, to education, to health services and to food programmes, Hans...