Aug. 13
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton poses with a Liberian newspaper, as she meets with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, in the capital, Monrovia.
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Aug. 13
Clinton speaks with Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf at the presidential palace in Monrovia. Clinton gave support on Thursday to Africa's only democratically elected female leader, who has faced criticism lately for her support of Charles Taylor when he was plotting a coup in 1989.
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Aug. 12
Clinton meets with former Nigerian heads of state Shehu Shagari, left, and Gen. Yakubu Gowon, center, in Abuja, Nigeria. Clinton urged oil-rich Nigeria to embrace broad political reform and ease tensions that have led to sectarian violence and disrupted energy production in the Niger Delta.
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Aug. 13
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton waves before boarding her plane in Abuja, Nigeria. Clinton departed Nigeria for Liberia on Thursday, anxious to show support for Africa's only woman president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
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Aug. 12
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets with Nigerian Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe in Abuja. Clinton's wraps up her Africa trip on Friday, during which she has urged nations such as Nigeria and Kenya to tackle graft. However, Clinton revealed no big policy shifts by the Obama administration towards the continent.
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Aug. 11
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tours a refugee camp on the outskirts of Goma, Congo. Hundreds of thousands of Congolese have been displaced by years of armed conflict in the region. Clinton said she pressed officials to arrest officers behind an epidemic of sexual assault, reportedly perpetrated by both military troops and extremist groups.
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Aug. 11
Hillary Clinton takes questions after her meeting with Congo's President Joseph Kabila in Goma. Clinton pledged $17 million in new funding to combat sexual violence.
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Aug. 11
Clinton speaks with U.N. peacekeepers during her visit to an Indian aviation base in Goma. Clinton used her visit to highlight an epidemic of rape currently afflicting tens of thousands of women in the government's long-running conflict with Rwandan Hutu rebels.
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Aug. 10
Clinton arrives at a town hall meeting with Congolese university students in Kinshasa, Congo. Usually calm in public, Clinton snapped at a Congolese student on Monday when asked about her husband's views on a foreign policy issue, saying: "My husband is not secretary of state, I am."
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Aug. 10
Clinton is greeted by members of the Congolese government on arrival at the airport in Kinshasa. Clinton's visit to Congo is the latest in an 11-day journey through Africa to promote development, good governance and underscore the Obama administration's commitment to the world's poorest continent.
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Aug. 9
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Angolan Foreign Minister Assuncao dos Anjos address the press in Luanda, Angola. Clinton pressed Angola to do more to fight corruption during her two-day visit.
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Aug. 8
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton greets well wishers at the Victoria Mxenge housing project near Cape Town, South Africa. Clinton hailed the nation's new approach to AIDS treatment, saying the U.S. "stands ready to work with the South African government."
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Aug. 8
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton loads bricks at a housing project on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa. On a mission to improve ties with Africa's most prosperous nation, Clinton met with South Africa's newly elected President Jacob Zuma the same day.
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Aug. 8
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton poses with South African President Jacob Zuma after a brief meeting in Durban. Clinton encouraged South Africa to press for reform in Zimbabwe and said Washington would continue to provide critical funding to fight AIDS in the country.
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Aug. 7
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, is welcomed by South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoana-Mashabane at the Presidential Guest House in Pretoria, South Africa. The United States and South Africa are working together to realize democracy, freedom and prosperity in Zimbabwe, Clinton said.
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Aug. 7
In recent years, U.S. relations with South Africa have cooled as the countries differed over the Iraq war, Zimbabwe and how to approach the HIV/AIDS crisis. But with new administrations in both South Africa and the United States, Washington is hoping to turn a new page.
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Aug. 7
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton smiles as she is welcomed by Nelson Mandela, the former South African president and hero of the anti-apartheid movement, at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg.
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Aug. 6
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lays a wreath to mark the 11th anniversary of the U.S. embassy bombing in Nairobi. Embassies in Nairobi and Kenya were bombed by suspected al-Qaeda militants on August 7, 1998.
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Aug. 5
Hillary Clinton meets officials at the opening session of the eighth Africa Growth Opportunities Act Forum in Nairobi.
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Aug. 5
Hillary Clinton stands with Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki, left, and Prime Minister Raila Odinga, right, before the opening session of the eighth Africa Growth Opportunities Act Forum in Nairobi. Clinton told Kenya's government that it must quickly implement long-delayed reforms to prevent corruption, impunity and human rights abuses from holding back the country.
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Aug. 6
Hillary Clinton adjusts her translation device during a news conference at the U.S. embassy in Nairobi. Clinton has pledged strong support for Somalia's fragile government, saying that Eritrean interference in the Horn of Africa nation was "unacceptable."
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Aug. 6
Hillary Clinton shakes hands with Somali President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed during a press conference in Nairobi. Clinton met and held talks with the embattled Somali president, pledging U.S. support for Sharif's fledgling transitional government in its fight against Somalia Islamists led by the Al-Shabab fundamentalist movement.
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Aug. 5
Hillary Clinton joins Kenya's Masaai traditional dancers at a dinner following the eighth forum of the African Growth and Opportunity Act in Nairobi. Some 40 African states enjoy U.S. trade preferences as part of the AGOA, on the condition that they uphold free elections and markets.
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Aug. 5
Hillary Clinton joins Kenyan dancers during a dinner party in Nairobi.
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Aug. 5
Hillary Clinton addresses the eighth forum of the African Growth and Opportunity Act in Nairobi. Clinton will seek to build ties with three African powers -- Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa -- and show support for three nations recovering from conflict -- Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Liberia.
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Aug. 5
Clinton addresses the eighth forum of the African Growth and Opportunity Act in Nairobi.
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Aug. 5
Hillary Clinton toasts the audience of the eighth forum of the African Growth and Opportunity Act in Nairobi.
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