US President Barack Obama will take off later this week on a trip to Kenya and Ethiopia, his first trip to the two nations as president of the world's superpower. Obama bypassed Kenya, his father's ancestral homeland, during a visit to the region in 2013, over concerns that Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and his vice-president William Ruto were facing charges by the International Criminal Court, charges that have since been dropped.
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