UN boss Ban Ki-Moon visits Africa

  1. Posted on Thursday 13 May 2010 - 09:48
    Sam Banda Junior
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    Sam Banda Junior, AfricaNews reporter in Blantyre, Malawi
    The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon is scheduled to visit some selected African countries. They include Malawi, Uganda, Burundi and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). He will be visiting the continent after attending a forum in Brazil.
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    The UN boss would be visiting Malawi for the first time. Malawi's president Bingu Wa Mutharika is the chairman of African Union having taken over from Libyan leader Muammar Gadaffi.

    According to the BBC, he is expected to visit Malawi on May 29 - 30 before proceeding to other countries.

    Apart from visiting various projects in the listed countries, Ban Ki-Moon will have a round table discussion with Ugandan leaders.

    Ban Ki-moon was born on June 13, 1944 and is the eighth and current Secretary-General of the United Nations.

    He succeeded Ghana's Kofi Annan in 2007. Before becoming Secretary-General, Ban was a career diplomat in South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in the United Nations.

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