US President to visit Ethiopia, AU HQs next month
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By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
June 20, 2015 (ADDIS ABABA) – US President, Barack Obama, will travel
to Ethiopia next month, making him the first sitting American leader
to visit the African nation, the White House said on Friday.
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US president Barack Obama (Getty)
Obama will be heading to Ethiopia after paying a previously announced
trip to Kenya, his father’s native country.
In Addis Ababa, the US president will meet with Ethiopian government
officials and will also hold separate talks with leaderships of the
African Union (AU) on a number of regional and continental concerns.
Obama’s visit to the AU headquarters would be seen as a major approval
to the role the continental bloc is exerting.
Also, the visit to AU will be the first for a sitting US President to
visit the continental organization.
According to White House press secretary, Josh Earnest, the president
will discuss on ways how to “accelerate economic growth, strengthen
democratic institutions, and improve security” in the African
continent.
This visit “will build on the success of the August 2014 US-Africa
Leaders Summit by strengthening ties with our African partners and
highlighting America’s longstanding commitment to investing in
Africa,” Earnest said
While in Kenya, the US leader will participate in the 2015 global
Entrepreneurship summit, an annual conference that aims to connect
entrepreneurs with various organizations, governments and business
leaders.
Ethiopia is a key ally of the US in the war against terrorism and has
played crucial role in the war against al Qaida allied Somalia
militant group, al-Shabab.
Obama’s next month’s trip to Africa is said to be the president’s last
trip to the African continent.
Since assumed power in 2008 as first black president of the United
States, Obama has visited five African countries namely Egypt, Ghana,
South Africa, Senegal and Tanzania.
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