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Obama hails Biden’s pick for Vice Presidency

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Former president of the United States of America, Barack Obama has pitched his opinion on Joe Biden’s announcement that California Senator Kamala Harris will be his running mate, saying that Biden “nailed this decision.”  “Choosing a vice president is the first important decision a president makes. When you’re in the Oval
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Obama dances with his grandmother on Kenya trip

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Former United States President Barack Obama visited his father’s ancestral village in Kenya’s south-western Siaya county on Monday and danced to some traditional music with his grandmother in his first visit to the country since leaving office. Obama is in Kenya to launch a youth centre set up by his half sister Auma Obama. Kenyan […]
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Group to Obama: Renew Military Assistance to Nigeria

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A group, Christian Association of Nigerian-Americans, (CANAN), has made a passionate appeal President Barack Obama to renew its military and technical assistance to Nigeria. This, the group said was necessary in order for the Nigerian government to improve its efforts at confronting terrorist activities within and outside its shores. In a statement by its coordinator, […]
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Obama Unblocks Delivery of F-16s to Egypt

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US President, Barack Obama has approved the delivery of a dozen F-16 aircraft to Egypt that had been frozen after a military- led takeover. The White House said Obama told Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi by phone on Tuesday that a 2013 freeze would be lifted. The move comes as Egypt plays a key role in […]
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Reject Violent Politicians, Obama Tells Nigerians

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President Barak Obama of the United States of America has joined the hordes of concerned world leaders to urge peaceful electioneering in Nigeria come March 28 and April 11, 2015. To this end, the American leader has called on President Goodluck Jonathan, who is also the standard bearer of the ruling Peoples Democratioc Party (PDP) […]
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Obama, Ghani to Discuss US-Afghan Relations

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Afghan President Ashraf Ghani arrived in Washington on Sunday for his first official visit to the United States since taking office in January, CNN reports. The highly anticipated visit marks the latest chapter in an evolving U.S.-Afghan relationship — one that seems to be warming even as the governments seek to bridge the gap on […]
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Obama Mulls Mandatory Voting

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President Barack Obama suggests it might be time to make voting a requirement, according to a report by CNN. “In Australia and some other countries, there’s mandatory voting,” Obama said Wednesday in Cleveland, where he spoke about the importance of middle-class economics. “It would be transformative if everybody voted — that would counteract