OBAMA-AFRICA/ETHIOPIA-CONVOY Obama arrives to address African Union at Ethiopia HQ

Record ID: 146064

  • Title: OBAMA-AFRICA/ETHIOPIA-CONVOY Obama arrives to address African Union at Ethiopia HQ
  • Date: 28th July 2015
  • Summary: ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (JULY 28, 2015) (REUTERS) MOTORCADE CARRYING U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA TURNING CORNER AND DRIVING INTO AFRICAN UNION BUILDING COMPOUND VARIOUS OF FLAGS OF AU NATIONS FLYING IN FRONT OF AU BUILDING VARIOUS OF GUESTS GETTING CREDENTIALS BEFORE ENTERING BUILDING
  • Embargoed: 12th August 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Ethiopia
  • Country: Ethiopia
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA2X5UOASJO2VUI6ED72IELFX36
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: U.S. president Barack Obama arrived at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa on Tuesday (July 28) where he will meet AU commission chair Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to discuss trade and regional security.
    Obama, who is on a two-nation tour of Africa will be the first sitting U.S. president to address the 54-nation body later on Tuesday.
    Obama has used his trip to Kenya, his father's homeland, and Ethiopia to discuss security cooperation with states battling Islamist militants in Somalia, democracy and trade with a continent boasting some of the world's fastest growing economies.
    But one of his main themes throughout has been that Africa and its nations can aspire to a bigger role in the global economy, and the United States was ready to be a partner with a continent where China now does more trade than America.
    While in Ethiopia, Obama held talks with regional African leaders on the conflict in South Sudan. The U.S. president called for tougher measures against the world's newest nation if its warring factions failed to reach a peace deal by Aug. 17.
    At the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, there will be other challenges to address, such as the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, the Islamist group Boko Haram's violent campaign in Nigeria and elections in Burundi that Washington says were not credible.
    But he can also applaud the gradual transformation of a continent, which once used to hit the headlines because of coups, wars and starvation, but is now increasingly courted by investors.
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