PRESIDENT OBAMA SPEAKS TO AFRICANS ON LEADERSHIP

UNITED States President, Barack Obama has, again, used the Kenyan example to impress upon the African leadership on the need for policy change.
This was made during a meeting with leaders of Egypt, Algeria, Senegal, Nigeria, Libya and Ethiopia at the close of the Group of Eight summit at the l’Aquila town of Italy on Friday.This was the second time he was making reference to Kenya to urge good governance in Africa.The US president also acknowledged the discussions with the African leaders during a press conference after the meeting reiterating:The US president is said to have shared that when his father, Barack Obama Sr., left Kenya, the country’s GDP was higher than that of Korea. He added that South Korea was now industrialised and relatively wealthy while Kenya, as well as much of Africa, is still struggling economically.


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