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Rural African communities are being "torn apart" by the HIV/AIDS epidemic, making farmers and other rural residents the "forgotten victims" of the disease, as prevention and support work is focused primarily in the continent's cities, according to health experts and political leaders speaking at a meeting of the U.N. Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, AFP/News24.com reports.