AU boss warns on Obama

ADDIS ABABA: The AU Commission chairman, Jean Ping has warned Africans against placing too much hope on new US President Barrack Obama. Ping said that though Obama is an African-American, he is primarily a president of the US. "He was voted in by the American people to defend US interests. He is the US president," he warned.

However, Ping asserted at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa in an address to journalists that there is hope for better Africa-US relations because of the new presidency of Obama.

Ping said Obama brings a new orientation and an approach to issues of concern to both the US and Africa. He asserted that the new president promises to be much more in touch with issues of concern.

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