Monday 27 July 2015

President Obama arrives in Ethiopia, receives with 21 gun salute

US President Barack Obama arriving at Bole International Airport in rainy Addis Ababa late Sunday July 27.

The 53-year-old American president was greeted on the tarmac by Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn. Obama arrived in at the national palace, received with 21 gun salute.

Mr. Obama is the first sitting U.S. president to visit Ethiopia the Africa's second most populous nation . His trip also included a stop in Kenya, the homeland of his late father.

The visit will include talks with the Ethiopian government, a key strategic ally but criticized for its record on democracy and human rights.

                     President Obama walks on the red carpet at the National Palace in Ethiopia





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