G8 Summit: Obama snubs most African leaders
By Online Team
7th May 2012:
US President Barack Obama has snubbed most African leaders and only invited the leaders of Ethiopia, Ghana, Tanzania and Benin to attend the Group of Eight [G8} summit of major economies scheduled to take place later this month in the United States.
White House spokesman Jay Carney said Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, Ghana’s President John Mills, Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete and Benin President Yayi Boni, who is the current chairman of the African Union, will attend the summit for a discussion of food security on May 19 at the US president’s mountain retreat – Camp David in Maryland.
The G8 is comprised of the world’s largest economies, namely, the United States, Canada, Japan, Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Russia. It is customary that the host of each year’s summit [in this case President Obama] invites other leaders for an expanded discussion of specific issues. END. Please login to www.ugandacorrespondent.com every Monday to read our top stories and anytime mid-week for our news updates.
