Obama Honours 1998 Tanzania Bombing Dead

US President Barack Obama has laid a wreath for the victims of the 1998 US embassy bombing in the Tanzanian city of Dar es Salaam.

Eleven Americans were killed in the al-Qaeda attack, which coincided with a bombing in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, which left hundreds dead.

The president was joined for the ceremony by predecessor George W Bush.

President Obama is on the last leg of his second Africa tour as president, which took in Senegal and South Africa.

Mr Obama will also visit a US-owned power plant in Tanzania, following his announcement over the weekend of a multi-billion-dollar electricity initiative.

The $7bn (£4.6bn) five-year initiative is intended to double access to electricity in sub-Saharan Africa, in partnership with African countries and the private sector.

While in the country, Mr Obama is also due to launch a programme helping Africa’s eastern nations of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda trade both with each other and with the US.

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Meanwhile, his wife, Michelle Obama, is expected to take part in African First Ladies Summit organised by the George W Bush Institute and hosted by her predecessor Laura Bush.