Obama heads to African Union at end of tour to build ties

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By Jeff Mason and Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Barack Obama toured a U.S.-supported food factory in Ethiopia on Tuesday on the last leg of an Africa trip, before winding up his visit at the African Union where he will become the first U.S. president to address the 54-nation body. Obama has used his trip to Kenya, his father's homeland, and Ethiopia to discuss security cooperation with states battling Islamist militants in Somalia, democracy and trade with a continent boasting some of the world's fastest growing economies. Ethiopia, once stricken by famine, has turned its economy around and, this year, is on course to deliver growth of about 10 percent.




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