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  4. In photos: Obama’s visits to Africa

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  5. Barack Obama's Visit to Africa in 2006

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  1. List of international presidential trips made by Barack Obama

    This is a list of international presidential trips made by Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States. Barack Obama made 52 international trips to 58 countries (in addition to visiting the West Bank) during his presidency, which began on January 20, 2009 and ended on January 20, 2017.. Obama set the record as the most-traveled president for any first year in office: he took the most ...

  2. President Obama's 2013 Africa Trip

    President Obama's Trip. President Obama and the First Lady traveled to Senegal, South Africa, and Tanzania to meet with leaders from government, business, and civil society, and to reinforce U.S. commitment to expanding economic growth, investment, and trade; strengthening democratic institutions; and investing in the next generation of African ...

  3. Barack Obama Visits His Father's Childhood Village In Kenya

    Former President Barack Obama made his first return visit to Kenya since leaving office. During the visit he opened a sport training center which is part of ...

  4. President Obama's Visit to Ghana

    President Obama reminds the people of Africa of America's commitment to partnership and friendship.(public domain)

  5. Obama Looks to History and Future in Senegal

    On a visit to Africa amid criticism that he has been less attentive than his predecessors to the continent, President Obama spent time at the "door of no return" on Senegal's Gorée Island ...

  6. From the Archives: President Obama's Trip to Ghana

    Watch the President's visit to Ghana: In the summer of 2009, President Obama traveled to Ghana, the final stop of one of his first international trips as President, and delivered remarks to the Ghanaian parliament in Accra. In his speech, he discussed our nation's relationship with Africa, and the partnership needed to ensure transformational ...

  7. Obama in Africa: I'm Proud To Be First Kenyan-American President

    Barack Obama acknowledges his Kenyan heritage in his first visit to the country as U.S. President.

  8. The First Lady's 2013 Africa Trip

    First Lady Michelle Obama's Trip. The First Lady, along with daughters Malia and Sasha, joined President Obama's official visit to Senegal, South Africa, and Tanzania on June 26-July 2. During the trip, the First Lady met with young people and highlighted the power of education. Check out photos from the road, travel journals from the First ...

  9. Africa Trip Is Obama's Pitch To Broaden Relationships : NPR

    Obama is traveling to Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania this week. Weekend Edition Sunday host Rachel Martin talks to NPR's Gregory Warner about why the president chose those three countries.

  10. Obama's first trip to Kenya as president caps personal journey

    His trip to Kenya in the summer of 2006 was part of a 17-day, six-nation tour of Africa that included a visit to his father's village of Kogelo in the fertile hills of East Africa.

  11. Barack Obama's visit to South Africa

    Barack Obama has made his first visit to South Africa since becoming US president. He and his family visited Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 18 years, and met members of ...

  12. African Perspectives: President Obama's Trip to Africa

    Paul Odhiambo, Policy Analyst, KIPPRA. President of United States Barack Obama is visiting Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania between June 26 and July 3, 2013. This visit comes at a time when ...

  13. Obama heads to South Africa as ailing Mandela clings to life

    Obama says visiting Mandela will depend on the family's wishes . His visit comes as Nelson Mandela's illness weighs heavily on the nation. Mandela is a hero to many, the U.S. president says

  14. Obama Visits Kenya, Land of His Father, to Promote Local Charity

    By Mike Ives. July 16, 2018. Former President Barack Obama has arrived in Kenya, his father's home country, in what was expected to be a lower-profile visit than the ones he made to the country ...

  15. United States presidential visits to Sub-Saharan Africa

    The countries of Sub-Saharan Africa. Six United States presidents have made presidential visits to Sub-Saharan Africa.The first was an offshoot of Franklin D. Roosevelt's secretive World War II trip to French Morocco for the Casablanca Conference.More recently, Barack Obama, the first U.S. president with African American ancestry, visited his father's native Kenya in 2015.

  16. President Obama Africa Trip: See the First President to Visit Africa

    July 23, 2015 7:00 AM EDT. P resident Obama travels to Kenya on Thursday to attend the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, and then continues his African trip with a visit to Ethiopia, the first time ...

  17. Pres. Obama makes first visit to Kenya as president

    Pres. Barack Obama returns to his father's homeland of Kenya in Africa. CNN's Jim Acosta reports.

  18. A look at President Obama's Africa trip itinerary

    A look at President Barack Obama's visit to Africa, as provided Wednesday by National Security Adviser Susan Rice during a White House news briefing: --- FRIDAY — Arrives in Nairobi, Kenya. ___ SATURDAY — Remarks at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, meeting and news conference with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and state dinner. ___ SUNDAY — Address to the Kenyan people, speaking ...

  19. Nelson Mandela Obama Africa Tour

    In 2013, Barack Obama took his family to visit Africa out of deference to his personal and political hero, Nelson Mandela. By David Nakamura April 22, 2016. Share on Facebook.

  20. Obama challenges students to follow Mandela legacy

    Obama wraps up South Africa trip with a visit to prison cell where anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela was held, call to students to help build a new Africa. CNN values your feedback 1.

  21. Barack Obama in Africa: back to cold war settings?

    Barack Obama 's week-long trip to Africa, where he will visit Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania, is intended to push US investment and help strengthen Africa's democratic institutions, officials ...

  22. Barack Obama visits Africa, makes it a homecoming

    You could sum up Barack Obama's fourth visit to Africa as US president in four loaded words: history-making, China, proselytisation, and Nigeria.

  23. President Obama Travels to Kenya and Ethiopia

    Proud to be the first American President to visit Kenya. Happy to see family, and to talk with young Kenyans about the future. — President Obama (@POTUS) July 24, 2015 This week President Obama is traveling in Kenya and Ethiopia to attend the 2015 Global Entrepreneurship Summit and to meet with leaders from government, business, and civil society.

  24. The police and failed institutions

    One of the reasons allegedly proffered by former US President Barak Obama for excluding Nigeria from his state visit to Africa was because of the weakness of our institutions, which to Obama, put ...

  25. Obama's Half Sister Is Among Those Tear-Gassed During Protests in Kenya

    Auma Obama, an older half sister of former President Barack Obama, was tear-gassed on Tuesday while being interviewed live on CNN during protests in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital.

  26. Barack Obama in Detroit brought message of hope, and belief in cities

    An early stop for Obama in the 2008 presidential campaign, Rapson recalled, was a visit to the U.S. Conference of Mayors, where then-U.S. Sen. Obama argued that cities should be economic engines ...

  27. South Carolina runoff pits Trump candidate against GOP governor's

    Biggs, who finished second with 29% of the vote, is a lieutenant colonel in the Air National Guard. She said Burns misconstrues his academic and military background and voted for former Democratic President Barack Obama. Biggs has promoted pictures of her taken with Trump and said she is the candidate who can bring people together.