US Secretary of State in Dakar at the start of 11-day tour of continent

Описание: (1 Aug 2012) STORYLINE
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Senegal late on Tuesday at the start of a seven-nation tour of Africa.
Clinton was greeted at Dakar Airport by her Senegalese counterpart Alioune Badara Cisse and the US Ambassador to Senegal Lewis Lukens.
Growing security threats from Islamist militants and China's increasing influence throughout Africa are expected to top the agenda on Clinton's 11-day swing around the continent.
The visit will take her to the world's newest country, South Sudan, as well as Uganda, Kenya, Malawi and South Africa.
She will wrap up the trip in Ghana, where she will attend the state funeral for the country's late president, John Atta Mills, who died unexpectedly last week.
US officials said Clinton will give a speech in the Senegalese capital touching on international investment in the African continent and Washington's concerns over extremist groups that are gaining power in Nigeria and Mali and still threaten Somalia.


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