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    Clinton Praises Somali Leaders, Pledges Support

    In a meeting with Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed (left) at the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton pledges continued U.S. support for Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government and calls on Eritrea to halt interference in Somalia.

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    Obama, Clinton Deliver Message of Reform to Kenya

    “I am just absolutely convinced Africa’s best days can be ahead,” Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton tells students at a town hall meeting at the University of Nairobi. Clinton appeared in the same university hall in which Barack Obama (above) spoke in 2006 as a U.S. senator.

  • Clinton and many others by lab bench with scientist (AP Images)

    Science Blog: Nurturing New African Scientists

    Find out why Africa needs its scientists and how the Howard Hughes Medical Institute is helping to nurture the next generation of African scientists. Above, Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton tours a laboratory at the Kenyan Agricultural Research Institute near Nairobi on August 5.

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    The United States and Mauritius will negotiate a treaty to strengthen investor protections in Mauritius and encourage the continuation of market-oriented economic reforms.

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    President Obama will chair a high-level meeting of the U.N. Security Council on nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament at the U.N. General Assembly in September.
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