president met the ethiopian prime minister in addis ababa. mohammad adow reports. >> it's a warm welcome for president obama at addis ababa national palace. it is the first visit by a sitting u.s. president to ethiopia one aimed at strengthening relationships established more than a century ago. the ethiopian prime minister. fight against terrorism. >> our security cooperation is pushing back against violent extremism. ethiopia faces serious threats and its contribution to the african union mentioned in somalia have reduced areas of al shabaab control but as the prime minister mentioned yesterday's bombing in the hotel in mogadishu. indicate that such actions have to be stopped. >> some human rights groups have criticized mr. obama's visit to ethiopia. of the countries worldwide it's neighboring eritrea that jails more journalists than ethiopia. some held on charges of terrorism. many others remain in custody. the ethiopiaen leader however defended his commitment to democracy and human rights. >> we have reiterated that our commitment to demo

mohammad adow reports from addis ababa. judge it's a warm welcome for president obama at addis ababa national one aimed at strengthening relation established more than a century ago. economic and security ties, with the ethiopian prime minister. addressing journalists president obama praised ethiopia as an outstanding partner. >> pushing back against violent extremism. ethiopia face serious threats and reduced areas under al shabaab control but as the prime minister noted yesterday's bombing in mogadishu reminds us that terrorist groups like al shabaab offer nothing but death and destruction and have to be stopped. >> he also called on hyram miriam. some human rights groups criticized president obama's visit, the committee to protect journalists states of all the countries worldwide it is only neighboring eritrea that jails more journalists than ethiopia. before obama arrived a number of bloggers were released, some held on charges of terrorism. many remain still in custody. >>> the ethiopian leader defended his country's c

president to address the african union in addis ababa. let's hear what he has to say. president obama: thank you. thank you so much. thank you. thank you so much. madam chairwoman, thank you so much for your kind words and your leadership. to the prime minister and the people of ethiopia, once again, thank you for your wonderful hospitality and for hosting this pan african institution. to members of the african union distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for welcoming me me -- for welding -- for welcoming me today. it is a great honor for the president of the united states to address the african union. [applause] president obama: i am grateful for this opportunity to speak of record -- to representatives over one billion people on the great african continent. we are joined by citizens, by leaders of civil society, by faith communities, and i am pleased to see so many young people who embody the energy and optimism of today's africa. hello. thank you for being here. i stand before you as a proud american. i also stand before you as the son of an african.

president met the ethiopian prime minister in addis ababa. mohammad adow reports. >> it's a warm welcome for president obama at addis ababa national the first visit of the a u.s. sitting president to ethiopia foster economic and security ties dominated the talks with ethiopian prime minister . president obama praiseed ethiopia as an outstanding partner. >> ethiopia faces serious threats and its fight against be al shabaab the prime minister noted yesterday's bombing in mogadishu remind us that groups like al shabaab offer nothing but death and destruction and have to be stopped. >> to improve ethiopia's record against human rights. warning this a trip could lend credibility, the committee to protect journalists states that only neighboring eritrea that jails more journalists than ethiopia. some of them held on charges of terrorism. many others remain in custody. the ethiopian lierd however ethiopian leader however defended his country answer record. >> we have both noted that we need to step up efforts to strengthen our view capacity in vario

president with the prime minister in addis ababa with talks also about the crisis in sowd seund. here is mohammed.mohammad adow mohammad adow. >> one aimed at strengthening relation established more than a century ago. security ties dominated these talks with the ethiopian prime minister. addressing journalists president obama praised ethiopia as an outstanding partner against terrorism. >> ethiopia faced serious threats and its contribution have reduced areas under al shabaab control but as the prime minister noted yesterday's broamg in mogadishu remind us that terrorist groups offer nothing but death and destruction and have to be stopped. >> also called upon human rights and good governance. some human rights groups have criticized president obama's visit, the committee to protect journalists states of all countries worldwide it's only neighbor eritrea. some held on charges of terrorism. many others remain in custody. the ethiopian leader however defended his country's fight against the loss of human rights. >> we need to step up efforts to retentionen ourstrengthen our instit

we have robyn kreil joining us from addis ababa. >> reporter: this did cause concern and controversy. there are a number of undemocratic things including the incarceration of journalists and the 100% vote win that the ruling party enjoyed earlier this year. they have come under tremendous criticism for this because president obama's visit, opposition and democracy groups say this is legitmizing the government. this could only be impossible because it was 500 odd seats. it legalizes the fact that the ethiopian government rules this country with an iron fist. >> robyn, thank you. the key moment for the president when he speaks to the african movement. >>> the president slammed two republicans who want his job. mike huckabee accusing him of marching israel to the door of the oven. >> the particular comments of mr. huckabee are i think part of just a general pattern that we have seen that would be considered ridiculous if it weren't so sad. when you get rhetoric like this maybe it gets attention and maybe this is just never pushed mr. trump out of the headlines. but it's not the kind of l

cnn's robyn kreil joins us from addis ababa. >> reporter: good morning, john. the president's language has been noted by several well known east african writers. careful with dealing with the prime minister and issues of human rights. he was saying in kenya where he came out swinging against corruption and gay rights and other controversial issues that he was outspoken about, but picking his language carefully of human rights. it came under criticism for the jailing of journalists and locking up a number of opposition leaders in the past. president obama is due to address the africa union this afternoon. first sitting u.s. president expected to touch on issues such as terrorism, particularly here in east africa. praising the efforts of the countries of kenya and uganda and ethiopia in fighting the a.u. force in fighting the al shabaab. he will of course touch on the issues of south sudan. leaders met with president obama yesterday where he spoke frankly. particularly to countries of uganda and neighboring sudan saying their actions are hindering and not helping

pouring hundreds of mills of dollars into infrastructure, including high profile projects like addis ababa light railway. east africa's first light rail system. >> leaving it to the chinese. >> ethiopia is also a continental hub. home to the headquarters of the 54-member african union which president obama is scheduled to address. >> this will be the first leader of the united states to address the african union as such and in fact first leader of a major world power to do so. and so this is an important step recognizing africa's strategic importance for united states and indeed its place in the world. >> african union forces are at the forefront of the fight against al shabaab the ethiopia be-be based terrorist organization that hit the westgate mall two years ago. if president obama promised to address candidly in a country whose strategic and economic value arguably make it too important not to engage. patricia sabga be al jazeera. >>> suicide bomber may have been a ten-year-old girl, at least 15 are dead. thought she might have benefited with boko haram but the group not claiming respo

president has addressed the 53 member states of the african union in addis ababa. also in good governments with democracy with 100% win in the recent election for the prime ministership of that country. so he has got a lot of issues still to go through. and he'll be returning to the issue of trade particularly the emphasis on trade with china. now it mushrooms so much give you an example this stadium was build by the chinese, in the '80s. and the chinese announced they were going to go through a $17 million refurbishment of this stadium. china has had a massive investment right the way through africa that's well-known but a 50% increase in the way they have been funding projects in kenya since relations soured after the indictment of the president and the deputy president here but of course later kenyatta in december last year his charges against him were dropped which really paved the way for this visit. >> let's leave you in the excited buzz coming from the stadium in nairobi. >>> chemicals used from france's farming and gardening industry. plus. >> i'm rob mcbri

let's hear from our man mohammed adow in addis ababa. >> key territory from al shabaab militias. the president is referring to the retaking of the towns in southeast somalia and also in southwestern somalia by al shabaab, assisted by the thousands of ethiopiaian of ethiopian troops. doesn't mean that al shabaab is militarily as was shown on sunday when they carried out an astack on the hotel in mogadishu, the group has the ability to attack deep within government held territory and this is one of the reasons why the president has called for more pressure to be kept on al shabaab. now, while on his tour of ethiopia the president is, on monday afternoon meeting delegates from the be south sudan peace process. these are the the negotiators from both sides the president is hoping to add more impetus to the talks and also add to the groups to come to a quick agreement. dmoaments say ifdiplomats agree if they don't agree by sunday, there are asset freezing of some of the leadership of both sides both the government side and also the rebilities. done by both sides in the conflict. >> fo

president obama has arrived in the ethiopian capital of addis ababa, continuing his mission to boost u.s. trade and ties with africa. earlier sunday, the president completed his visit to his father's homeland of kenya, with a stadium speech to an enthusiastic crowd of 4,500 people. the president criticized kenya's history of corruption and gender inequality but praised its budding democracy. his half-sister, auma introduced obama, who called himself the first kenyan- american president. with a growing economy in kenya the president said there was no limit on what young kenyans could achieve. >> you don't need to do what my father did and leave your home in order to get a good education and access to opportunity. because of kenya's progress, because of your potential you can build your future right here, right now. >> sreenivasan: his address was less than 10 miles from the location of the 2013 nairobi mall attack that left more than 60 people dead. the islamic militant group responsible for that attack, al- shabbab carried out a car bombing sunday in neighboring somalia, killing at l

robyn kriel, cnn, addis ababa ethiopia. >> vicki: today cubans celebrated the 1953 attack on the moncada attack led by fidel castro started the cuban revolution. cuban president raul castro was at the celebration. but did not speak. this is the first holiday in cuba since re-establishing ties with the u.s. >> reporter: loved ones said goodbye today to one of the service members killed in the chattanooga shooting. the service for marine lance corporal squire "skip" wells was in woodstock, georgia. after the funeral.the 21-year- old was buried with military cemetery in canton. a gunman fatally shot wells and four other service members at two military recruitment centers on july 16th. >> reporter: two mothers in florida are praying for the safe return of their sons their two 14-year-old boys disappeared friday afternoon.after boarding their small fishing boat in jupiter. the coast guard confirms their boat has been found.capsized.off of the florida coast. but there's no sign of the boys. according to the coast guard report.the vessel was headed towards the bahamas. the families are offering

she joins me from the capital addis ababa. was that attack at a hotel in somalia that al shabab militants actually claimed responsibility for. so clearly in this region security is a problem. but how will obama's visit make a difference do you think? >> reporter: i think obama's visit is sending a clear message to kenya and ethiopia. it's a historical visit. first sitting u.s. president to visit both of those countries. but we're told that security is one of the major reasons that he is making this visit. obviously, security in this region as highlighted from this attack yesterday and all throughout the past month there's been a series of bloody attacks, both in somalia and even some small-scale attacks in kenya that really talk to this idea of security cooperation in this region. president obama and the united states already trains and equips as well as gives a lot of money to african union forces including kenya and ethiopia. we managed to sit down and get both the ethiopian side and the american side and exactly what the u.

the capital addis ababa is the new home of the secretariat focused on expanding trade and stability.nt obama believes the 14-year-old organization can improve many lives. question, what is the reason for president obama's trip to kenya? pat buchanan? pat: a number of reasons. his father was from there and going back in effect like jack kennedy going back to ireland and also to support kenya in the battle of al-shabaab that did the horrible massacre in the mall and he wants to stand with the african folks standing with the united states against terror and also up against the chinese in a sense they are moving into africa. ethunderstorm must suchs of -- they have enormous sums of wealth and he is trying to say your future should be with the west and when you slept with the devil meaning the chinese bring a long spoon. john: what is the ref of the policy objective of the trip? eleanor: you look at the two countries ha he is visit and both have booming economies. accompanying the president on air force one, investors and a congressional delegate, and i think the presidents looking on afr

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he arrived in addis ababa last night. he will talk with several african leaders about the civil war in south sudan. earlier, he wrapped up his trip to kenya with a call to end corruption. president obama: too often, in kenya as in other places corruption is tolerated because that is how things have always been. here in kenya it is time to change habits and decisively break that cycle because corruption holds back every aspect of economic and civil life. it is an anchor that weighs you down and prevents you from achieving what you could. vonnie: the president urged kenya to treat women better and improve education and welfare. 13 major u.s. corporations will invest at least 140 billion dollars to reduce carbon footprints. the companies include apple berkshire hathaway. to out the white house -- today at the white house they will agree to cut water use. there is a big takeover in the health care industry. israeli drugmaker teva pharmaceuticals has agreed to buy the generic drug business from our again at a little over $40 b

historic trip to africa becoming first sitting president to ever visit ethiopia after arriving in addis ababa, the president met with diplomats at the u.s. embassy. >>> and fiat chrysler hit with a record fine up to $105 million to settle legal problems stemming from nearly two dozen recalls. those involve some 11 million vehicles including some of the company's most popular models. those are some of your top stories on this monday, july 27th. >> announcer: from abc news this is "world news now" with t.j. holmes and reena ninan. >>> good morning, everyone. we begin this half hour with a battle against wildfires. 24 major fires burning in five states this morning. four of them near sacramento, california. >> hundreds of families have been forced from their homes. hundreds of others are ready to go. abc's clayton sandell on this already tough fire season. >> reporter: an air war. planes and helicopters knocking back flames in hard-to-reach terrain, 45 miles northeast of sacramento burning so hot, you can see it from space. >> we're hitting it with everything we have. >> reporter: firefighters a

obama made the comment monday during a news conference in addis ababa, alongside ethiopian president prime minister hailemariam desalegn. >> we are mindful of ethiopia's history. the constitution that was formed, and the election put forward a democratically elected government. as i indicated, there is more work to do. amy: human rights groups widely criticized the recent ethiopian parliamentary elections as a sham. human rights watch said authorities use politically motivated prosecutions to silence bloggers and protesters. during the press conference, obama praised the fight against the somali-based military group, house shabbat. >> ethiopia faces threats. they have reduced areas under al-shabaab control. they have to be stopped. we have more work to do. we have helped retake two major strongholds. amy: to talk more about the significance of obama's visit, we go now to syracuse to talk to horace campbell, professor of african american studies and political science at syracuse university. he has written extensively on african politics. his new piece for counterpunch is called obama

mohammad adow, al jazeera addis ababa, ethiopia. >>> served as u.s. ambassador to ethiopia and is now the vice provost for international air force, ambassador, good to have you with us. >> good evening antonio. >> ethiopia is a very fast growing economy borders somalia, al shabaab's stronghold. how important was it for powm to visit? >> it's extremely important. he definitely picked the right country to visit. ethiopia horn of africa is one of the most complex and dangerous areas in the world. ethiopia definitely deserved a presidential visit at this time. >> the u.s. has a deep security relationship with ethiopia. we have a drone base. we support them on the fight on al shabaab. do you think this will lead to a deepening of that security relationship? >> oh absolutely. the neighborhood is getting more dangerous with what's happening in south sudan in addition to the continuing fight against al shabaab in somalia. ethiopia can play a very positive role and they are the most professional security force and the most professional army in the region so i

millions of dollars into roads dams and other infrastructure, including high profile projects like addis ababa right railway. >> i think of the president and u.s. generally will be interested in opening more economic opportunities for u.s. companies, rather than just leaving it to the chinese. >> ethiopia is also a continental hub home to the headquarters of the 54 member african union which president obama is scheduled to address. >> this will be the first leader of the united states to address the african union as such, and in fact, the first leader of a major world power to do so, and so this is an important step, recognizing africa's strategic importance for the united states and its place in the world. >> african union forces are at the fore front of the fight against al shabab, the somalia based al-qaeda affiliate that massacred 148 people at kenya's garissa university this past april. president obama will also meet with african union members working to bring an end to the civil war in south sudan that's killed thousands and displaced millions. >> this trip is not without controversy, hu

. >> live now to the ethiopian capitol addis ababa, he had something of a rock star's welcome in nairobi. what sort of welcome will he get there? >> well, it was low key the welcome he got here compared to the euphoric scene that we witnessed in nairobi. obviously, this is because of the link, the relationship that obama has to kenya his father came from there but in ethiopia, they are not only used to hosting dignitaries, but do not have the connection kenya has with him. president barack obama while he is here is going to hold bilateral talks with ethiopian government and address the african union. top on the agenda of things that he is going to skulls with the ethiopian government are trade and security. ethiopia is not only an influential regional actor but also is a rising economy and is soon expected to be the biggest economy in east and central africa, and trade between the united states and ethiopia has been growing over the years however, the president wants to see an increase and also to see that there is more happening in terms of trade between his country and ethiopia, and in

talk today of biden, and i thought back to, my gosh, in addis ababa, president obama is talking longinglyird term. would he be the surrogate, the proxy for that? >> i tell you what, fox news, i got an alert about an hour ago somebody at fox has inside sources with the clinton campaign. they are nervous by the time summer is over biden is going to against. the obama's hate the clintons and the clintons hate the obamas. there is nothing more. lou: donald trump is driving them crazy as well as getting stronger in the polls. >> i mean i guess i see it -- i'm so cynical, i see it as much more tactical than that. i think they love what donald trump is doing, because what he's doing is ostensibly the optics are it's oppositional, what he's doing is locking in the extremist right wing to, in the primaries, which no one has to be committed to for the general, and i think brad said something really smart that one of the candidates was running for vice president, and i think we will see trump running for vice president. it would be a magical, in a scary way, mix. [ laughter ] >> you're coming from t

in addis ababa, wherever you're watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. >>> mostly stayed out of the republican primary fight until now. the president came out swinging against several top republican candidates in ethiopia today. he took direct aim at former arkansas governor mike huckabee for comparing the nuclear agreement with iran to the holocaust. huckabee saying the iran nuclear deal is marging the israelis to the door of the oven. here's how the president responded. >> the particular comments of mr. huckabee are, i think, part of just a general pattern that we've seen that is -- would be considered ridiculous if it weren't so sad. >> huckabee wasted little time firing right back. a spokesman issuing this statement. "what's ridiculous and sad is that president obama does not take iran's repeated threats seriously. for decades, iranian leaders have pledged to destroy, annihilate, and wipe israel off the map with a big holocaust." our senior white house correspondent jim acosta is traveling with the president in ethiopia right now. jim, why did the presid

senior white house correspondent chris jansing is traveling with the president and joins me now from addis ababao human rights a big issue there in ethiopia. >> tremendously big. it's part of this complicated relationship that you know so well, andrea. on one hand it is the cooperation that we've had with counter terrorism and just before the president arrived here in abbis ababa yesterday, there was a bombing and a dozen people killed. on the other hand, he faced criticism coming here because of the human rights record. just a couple of examples this is the number one twotwo nation in africa for jailing journalists. in the atlanta election in the spring that the united states said they hoped would be fair and impartial, the ruling party got 100% of the vote. so these are the kinds of issues that critics say the president shouldn't essentially give credence to by standing next to the prime minister here. the white house position is you have to come and look these officials in the face and make that criticism. and today in a press conference the president was very open about his concerns about hu

. >> reporter: tomorrow, in addis ababa, mr.l be the first american president to address the african union. joining me now to discuss the visit and president obama's record on africa is: career diplomat and former assistant secretary of state for the bureau of african affairs under president obama, johnnie carson. he's now a senior advisor at the u.s. institute of peace. and william gumede, an author and professor at the university of the witwatersrand in south africa. we welcome you both. professor, how do you think this trip has gone and how much difference do you think it's going to make? >> unfortunately, this trip is almost coming at the tail end of the obama presidency. you might understand this has been happening in the last couple of years in africa. china has become a big factor in africa's growth. obama coming to africa has made democratic noises but almost a little too late. >> woodruff: ambassador carson, what about that? is the president coming too late? >> absolutely not. this, i think, is turning out to be a very

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he's in addis ababa, ethiopia. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. air force i has just taken off from ethiopia. the president touched on a sore topic, leaders who stay clinging to power longer than they should. >> i love my work but under our constitution i cannot run again. i can't run again. i actually think i'm a pretty good president. i think if i ran, i could win. but i can't. >> reporter: this is a state dinner and before last night's event, the president inspected the ancient remains of lucy the name given to a partial skeleton found in ethiopia in 1974. lucy is 3.2 million years old. the president touched a vertebrae of the remains, a privilege typically reserved only for visiting scientists. a tour guide explains the remains rarely leave the national museum here and were brought under very tight security. and the president toured a food processing facility where he met a farmer who has increased her corn output by three times using new techniques supported in part by u.s. food security aid and advice. it has allowed her to move to a new hom

he is in addis ababa. >> reporter: the president criticized ethiopia as one of the senseless nationsever reach potential as long as it imprisons journalists. we met with three journalists and one is willing to risk everything. >> i was in prison for four years and 17 days. >> a total of one year and 14 days. >> one year two months and 15 days. >> these three, kassaye and kibret and alemu were released recently. the allegations were mysteriously dropped before the president's visit to ethiopia. one is afraid to become a journalist. the other is not. >> my only choice. i miss it. i miss writing about this government government. >> alemu was beaten in jail and fields guilty for fellow journalists who remain behind bars. >> what can i do? just to be silent or to be contributing something? and i choose to contribute something. i mean, i'm willing to pay the price. this is my decision. >> reporter: in their private meeting, president obama told ethiopian prime minister jailing journalists not only violates human rights it will discourage what the prime minister wants more, foreign investme

. >> in addis ababa. jim acosta thank you. republicans are speaking out.c and it is -- creates far more dangers than problems than it solves. but i think we need to tone down the rhetoric for sure. look i've been to israel not as many times as mike huckabee -- who i respect -- but the use of that kind of language is just wrong. this is not the way we're going to win elections. that's not how we're going to solve problems. it's an unfortunate remark. not quite sure why he felt compelled to say that. on the other hand this is a bad deal. >> fellow republican hopeful rick santorum was also asked about these remarks and he came to huckabee's defense. >> no. absolutely not. i think most people in israel would probably look at that and realize that iran is as great of a threat as israel has ever faced. they have been very very clear about wiping israel out, they have been very very clear about pushing them into the sea. you know it's -- they are very much committed to destroying the state of the israel and the jewish people. i have no -- no -- i think governor h

and then addis ababa is important to keep in mind it can't amount to more consumption taxes, particularly on the poor and the incipient, struggling, not yet middle-class group which is together they are by far the largest group in terms of the distribution of income. that's the bottom for quintiles in the developing world. and one of the taxes again on domestic resource mobilization that you didn't mention but has to do with energy subsidies, which are of course negative taxes, where there is an opportunity for more domestic resource mobilization and particularly in developing countries on tobacco. it's a sin tax. it's sin tax. it's a tax on a bad thing. in the medium-term we know now from very good research that would not be regressive. a concealed regressive in the beginning of because poor people die sooner, et cetera, because of cigarettes, you're getting people with syntax to the extent they smoke less, it's going to be a good thing especially for the poor weather so much asymmetry as you said in so many areas. the other syntax of course is an intricate and young ones do something ab