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US to Host Summit of African Leaders

   VOA News 26 June 2010
   U.S.  President  Barack  Obama  winks  alongside  Senegal's  President
   Abdoulaye  Wade  during  a G8 session with African Outreach leaders at
   the G8 Summit in Huntsville, Ontario, Canada, 25 Jun 2010

Photo: AP

   U.S.  President  Barack  Obama  winks  alongside  Senegal's  President
   Abdoulaye  Wade  during  a G8 session with African Outreach leaders at
   the G8 Summit in Huntsville, Ontario, Canada, 25 Jun 2010

   U.S.  President  Barack  Obama  has  invited  18  African  leaders  to
   Washington  to  commemorate  their  countries'Â   50th  anniversary of
   independence.
   Senior administration officials say the celebration will take place in
   early August.
   They say the president will also invite young leaders from each of the
   countries to encourage a new generation of leadership in Africa.
   The  officials  say  the  summit will include discussions about the 50
   years  that  have  passed  since  independence  as  well  as  the  key
   challenges  that  lie  ahead  for  Africa, including development, food
   security, global health, and conflicts.
   President  Obama  made  the  invitation  Friday in Toronto where he is
   attending  the Group of Eight and Group of 20 summits.  The president
   met with six African leaders at the G8 summit.
   Officials  say  Mr. Obama told the African leaders that his father was
   one of the first generations of Africans who came to the United States
   with the hope of returning to build a new Africa. Â
   The  U.S.  president's  father  was  born  in Kenya and studied in the
   United States.

   Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.

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