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President Barack Obama departs US for Kenya

US President Barack Obama boards Air Force One prior to departing to Kenya from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. (Photo:AFP)

President Barack Obama left Washington for Kenya on Friday morning on a trip that will also include a stop in the Ethiopian capital and a visit to the home of the African Union.

The landmark trip to Obama's ancestral homeland of Kenya, where his father was born, is his first as president and is also the first time a sitting US president will visit Ethiopia and the AU's headquarters in Addis Ababa.

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