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Obama To Unveil Broad African Electrical Power Initiative


Ron Burgundy
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U.S. President Obama participates in a town hall-style meeting with young African leaders at the University of Johannesburg in SowetoBy Mark Felsenthal JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Pointing to Africa's crippling lack of electrical power, President Barack Obama is due to announce on Sunday a $7 billion initiative over five years to double access to power in sub-Saharan Africa. "We see this as the next phase in our development strategy and a real focal point in the president's agenda going forward," deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes told reporters traveling with the president. Obama is midway through a three-country tour of Africa and is due to give what aides bill as his fullest description of his vision for the U.S. ...




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