DAKAR: United States (US) President Barack Obama hit out at discrimination against gays in Africa and hailed the continent’s “amazing” progress and potential on Thursday (Friday in Manila) on the first leg of a three-country tour.
But Obama had to struggle to keep his message of economic development and democratization to the fore in Senegal, as Nelson Mandela’s fading health and a spy standoff with Moscow stole attention.
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