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US President Barack Obama Africa tour fails to spark excitement

By OSCAR OBONYO

US President Barack Obama’s first tour of Africa as the first African-American President was ironically less colourful and emotional – thanks to security concerns, a snub of his late father’s homeland, Kenya, and iconic South African leader Nelson Mandela who lay gravely ill during the tour.

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