{{President Barack Obama “will travel” to Africa, US Secretary of State John Kerry declared Wednesday in remarks to a US congressional committee.}}<\/p>\n
No details regarding the timing and itinerary of the trip.<\/p>\n
As concern grows in Washington about China’s role in sub-Saharan Africa, pressure has been mounting for President Obama to pay more direct attention to the continent.<\/p>\n
The first African-American President spent less than one day in Black Africa during his first visit in office four years ago. President Obama had made a stopover in Ghana six months after his inauguration in January 2009.<\/p>\n
Some Africa specialists in the United States suggest that Mr Obama is unlikely to visit Kenya as long as President Uhuru Kenyatta remains under indictment by the International Criminal Court.<\/p>\n
Secretary Kerry meanwhile announced on Thursday that he will attend the African Union summit in Ethiopia next month.<\/p>\n
“We have a lot to do” in regard to US-Africa relations, Mr Kerry added in his comments to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.<\/p>\n
“China is now significantly out-investing the United States in Africa,” he told the senators.<\/p>\n
China’s growing presence is having an impact on business practices “”that has not been a positive one in some regards,” Mr Kerry added.<\/p>\n
He made reference to “bribery” and “support for the wrong people,” but did not offer specifics.<\/p>\n
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