Obama In Kenya

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.

Sarah Obama, the grandmother of former US President Barack Obama, has died aged 99 in western Kenya, her daughter told AFP Monday.

Even for Barack Obama, who is often greeted by fervent throngs in his home country, the adulation the former president receives in his father's native Kenya is in a league of its own.

Pope Francis won a rapturous welcome today as he visited a congested Kenyan slum to convey a message of solidarity with the poor and underprivileged, a highlight of his three-nation Africa tour.

Barack Obama told African nations on Tuesday they needed to respect democratic rules and create jobs to avoid a slide into disorder.

It wasn't quite Moves Like Jagger but POTUS acquitted himself with honour on an impromptu dancefloor in Kenya.

US President Barack Obama landed in Ethiopia on Sunday, beginning a two-day stay and becoming the first American leader to visit Africa's second most populous nation.

US President Barack Obama today called for gay rights in Africa during his landmark visit to Kenya, comparing homophobia to racial discrimination he had encountered in the United States.

US President Barack Obama declared Saturday that "Africa is on the move", praising the spirit of entrepreneurship at a business summit in Kenya as he kicked off a landmark visit.

Kenyan media were awash Saturday with coverage of Barack Obama's first visit to his father's homeland, with the US president waving from one front page headlining "Kenya Here I Am".

US President Barack Obama dined with his step grandmother, his sister and other extended family members after arriving in Kenya for his first presidential visit to his father's homeland on Friday.

US President Barack Obama arrived in Kenya late today, his first visit to the country of his father's birth since his election as president.

US President Barack Obama arrives in Kenya today for a weekend visit that will include talks with President Uhuru Kenyatta.

President Barack Obama departed for Kenya on Thursday, his first trip to his father's homeland as U.S. president, kicking off a swing through Africa that will also include a stop in Ethiopia.

President Barack Obama's family tree reaches from his father's tiny Kenyan village to the White House in a single generation.

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.

Sarah Obama, the grandmother of former US President Barack Obama, has died aged 99 in western Kenya, her daughter told AFP Monday.

Even for Barack Obama, who is often greeted by fervent throngs in his home country, the adulation the former president receives in his father's native Kenya is in a league of its own.

Pope Francis won a rapturous welcome today as he visited a congested Kenyan slum to convey a message of solidarity with the poor and underprivileged, a highlight of his three-nation Africa tour.

Barack Obama told African nations on Tuesday they needed to respect democratic rules and create jobs to avoid a slide into disorder.

It wasn't quite Moves Like Jagger but POTUS acquitted himself with honour on an impromptu dancefloor in Kenya.

US President Barack Obama landed in Ethiopia on Sunday, beginning a two-day stay and becoming the first American leader to visit Africa's second most populous nation.

US President Barack Obama today called for gay rights in Africa during his landmark visit to Kenya, comparing homophobia to racial discrimination he had encountered in the United States.

US President Barack Obama declared Saturday that "Africa is on the move", praising the spirit of entrepreneurship at a business summit in Kenya as he kicked off a landmark visit.

Kenyan media were awash Saturday with coverage of Barack Obama's first visit to his father's homeland, with the US president waving from one front page headlining "Kenya Here I Am".

US President Barack Obama dined with his step grandmother, his sister and other extended family members after arriving in Kenya for his first presidential visit to his father's homeland on Friday.

US President Barack Obama arrived in Kenya late today, his first visit to the country of his father's birth since his election as president.

US President Barack Obama arrives in Kenya today for a weekend visit that will include talks with President Uhuru Kenyatta.

President Barack Obama departed for Kenya on Thursday, his first trip to his father's homeland as U.S. president, kicking off a swing through Africa that will also include a stop in Ethiopia.

President Barack Obama's family tree reaches from his father's tiny Kenyan village to the White House in a single generation.