With No Trump in Sight, Barack Obama Breaks a Leg With Grandmother in Kenya
6 years, 5 months ago

With No Trump in Sight, Barack Obama Breaks a Leg With Grandmother in Kenya

News 18  

Barack Obama who is often touted as one of the most popular American Presidents, is clearly a master at winning hearts. The former President was in Kenya, visiting his ancestral village of Nyangoma Kogelu where he inaugurated a school that was opened by his half-sister Auma Obama. This was Obama’s first trip to Kenya, his father’s homeland, since his successor Donald Trump assumed presidency. Though he avoided the topic of his current counterpart, Obama spoke at length about the positive impact the recent rapprochement between Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and leader of Opposition Raila Odinga will bring to the conflict-ridden African nation. After the opening, Obama went to Johannesburg in South Africa where he delivered a speech against ‘strong-man politics’ on the occasion of Nelson Mandela’s 100th birthday.

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Biden’s trip to Africa should not end up being another hollow promise
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Biden’s trip to Africa should not end up being another hollow promise

Firstpost  

Separating the buzz of having an American president in Africa, the visit largely shows the fulfilling of a responsibility more than a choice While US President Joe Biden could not keep up to his promise to “not interfere” in the judicial process and granted a full and unconditional pardon to his son Hunter Biden for any crimes committed between 2014-24, …

Barack Obama’s sister among protesters tear-gassed during protest in Kenya
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Barack Obama’s sister among protesters tear-gassed during protest in Kenya

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Auma Obama, a Kenyan …

Barack Obama's half-sister hit with tear gas in Kenya protests, video shows
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Barack Obama's half-sister hit with tear gas in Kenya protests, video shows

Hindustan Times  

Kenyan activist Auma Obama, the half-sister of former U.S. President Barack Obama, was among protesters tear-gassed on Tuesday during demonstrations outside the parliament building in Nairobi, a CNN interview showed. Kenyan activist Auma Obama during an interview with CNN. Police opened fire on demonstrators trying to storm Kenya's legislature on Tuesday, with at least five protesters killed, dozens wounded and …

Look who's back! Obama makes surprise appearance at Biden's dinner
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Look who's back! Obama makes surprise appearance at Biden's dinner

Daily Mail  

Former President Barack Obama made a surprise appearance at President Joe Biden's state dinner for the president of Kenya. Obama, wearing a tux, was attending a VIP reception in the blue room of the White House for Kenyan President William Ruto, when he decided to drop in the glass pavilion on the South Lawn where the state dinner was taking …

Look who's back! Barack Obama makes surprise appearance at Joe Biden's White House state dinner for Kenya
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Look who's back! Barack Obama makes surprise appearance at Joe Biden's White House state dinner for Kenya

Daily Mail  

Former President Barack Obama made a surprise appearance at President Joe Biden's state dinner for the president of Kenya. Former President Barack Obama and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken chat the Bidens' state dinner for the president of Kenya Earlier Thursday, Obama, whose late father was Kenyan, met with Ruto at Blair House, the ornate guest house across Pennsylvania …

'Mama Sarah', the Obama Family Matriarch Passes Away in a Kenyan Hospital at 99
3 years, 9 months ago

'Mama Sarah', the Obama Family Matriarch Passes Away in a Kenyan Hospital at 99

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Sarah Obama, the matriarch of former US President Barack Obama’s Kenyan family has died, relatives and officials confirmed Monday. We’ve lost a strong, virtuous woman, a matriarch who held together the Obama family and was an icon of family values,” President Uhuru Kenyatta said. President Obama often showed affection toward her and referred to her as “Granny” in his memoir, …

The Latest: Obama notes politicians’ ‘utter loss of shame’
6 years, 5 months ago

The Latest: Obama notes politicians’ ‘utter loss of shame’

Associated Press  

JOHANNESBURG — The Latest on former U.S. President Barack Obama’s speech in South Africa : 5 p.m. Former U.S. President Barack Obama is taking aim at the “utter loss of shame among political leaders when they’re caught in a lie and they just double down and lie some more.” Obama’s spirited speech in South Africa is his highest-profile address since …

Obama warns of ‘strongman politics’ after Trump news conference
6 years, 5 months ago

Obama warns of ‘strongman politics’ after Trump news conference

CNN  

Johannesburg, South Africa CNN — Former US President Barack Obama mounted a passionate defense of democracy and warned against the rise of “strongman politics,” in a speech in South Africa a day after his successor, Donald Trump, was heavily criticized for a humiliating news conference with Vladimir Putin. Look around — strongman politics are ascendant, suddenly, whereby elections and some …

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