Africa on Tour
See these high profile visits to the motherland.
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Africa on Tour - Rich with natural resources and booming economies, African countries are seeing more and more high profile visits from politicos around the world. Take a look at the latest political visits to the motherland. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stands next to Benin's President Thomas Boni Yayi on the first stop of a West African tour that also took him to Niger and to Ghana. (Photo: REUTERS/Charles Placide)
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U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson - Carson dropped in on Somalian President Sheikh Sharif Sheik Ahmed last June. (Photo: REUTERS/Noor Khamis)
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Hillary Clinton - Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took time to dance in South Africa last summer while on a tour that also took her to Senegal, Uganda, South Sudan, Kenya and Malawi. (Photo: AMOS GUMULIRA/AFP/GettyImages)
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Xi Jinping - China's President Xi Jinping met with South African president Jacob Zuma during a visit to South Africa in March. Xi also made stops in Tanzania and Democratic Republic of Congo (Photo: REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko)
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David Cameron - U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron visited Libya, Algeria and Liberia in February. (Photo: Stefan Rousseau - Pool/Getty Images)
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