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In historic Ghana visit, Obama touts Africa

Source: Press TV
Accra : Ghana | 4 months ago  
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The president and his family arrived in the Ghanaian capital of Accra late on Friday at the end of a brief world tour in a move that Obama said should be acknowledged as a break from other US presidents who usually did not include the continent in their global itinerary despite official weeklong visits....
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