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President Bush's Africa Trip

President Bush's
Africa Trip

July 7-12, 2003

Senegal
 
President Bush is welcomed to Senegal by President Abdoulaye Wade on the first stop of a five-nation tour of Africa on Tuesday, July 8, 2003. (ŠAP/WWP/J. Scott Applewhite)


U.S. President George W. Bush, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade, listen to national anthems upon Bush's arrival in Dakar Tuesday July 8, 2003.


U.S. President George W. Bush is welcomed to the Presidential Palace in Dakar, Senegal, by Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade, July 8, 2003.

 

 
President Bush greeting members of the audience following his speech on Goree Island.


U.S. President George W. Bush delivers his speech on Goree Island, as Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade looks on.


Presidents Wade and Bush following their speeches on Goree Island.

 

South Africa
 
President Bush and South African President Thabo Mbeki smile as they stride to a joint news conference at Guest House in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, July 9, 2003.


President Bush has warm handshake with South African President Thabo Mbeki during a meeting at the Union Building in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, July 9, 2003.


President Bush, left, and South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki speak to reporters at the Presidential Guest House in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, July 9, 2003.

 

 
President Bush and South African President Thabo Mbeki, left, touch glasses during a luncheon toast at Guest House in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, July 9, 2003. U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, center, looks on.

President Bush tours the assembly line at the Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, July 9, 2003.

 

Botswana
 
President Bush is welcomed by Botswana's President Festus Mogae, right, as they greet local children in a ceremony at the Sir Seretse Khama International Airport in Gaborone, Botswana, Thursday, July 10, 2003.

President Bush and Botswana's President Festus Mogae, left, watch tribal dancers during a welcoming ceremony at the Sir Seretse Khama International Airport in Gaborone, Botswana, Thursday, July 10, 2003.

President Bush tours a business and trade exhibit at the Gaborone International Conference Center in Botswana, Thursday, July 10, 2003 with President Festus Mogae. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
 

 
President Bush pats an elephant's trunk during tour of the Mokolodi Nature Reserve outside Gaborone, Botswana, with daughter Barbara, Thursday, July 10, 2003. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)


First Lady Laura Bush, right, applies paint to a doll as Maria Moyo, left, looks on at the Baylor Children's Clinical Center, a pediatric AIDS initiative in Gaborone, Botswana Thursday, July, 10, 2003.


President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush are entertained by the Thokoza Choir at the American ambassador's residence in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, July 9, 2003. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

 

Uganda
 
President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush arrive in the East African nation of Uganda and are greeted by President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni at Entebbe International Airport in Entebbe, Uganda, Friday, July 11, 2003.

President Bush greets AIDS clients, in blue shirts, at the AIDS Support Organization Center (TASO) in Entebbe, Uganda, Friday, July 11, 2003.

President Bush is introduced by Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni at the AIDS Support Organization Center (TASO) as Ugandan Watoto Children's Choir looks on in Entebbe, Uganda, Friday, July 11, 2003.
 

 
First Lady Laura Bush poses for a picture with Ugandan school children, some with the HIV virus, Friday, July 11, 2003, at the Imperial Botanical Beach hotel in Entebbe, Uganda.

Ugandan first lady Janet Museveni, left, looks on as First Lady Laura Bush, reads to Ugandan school children, Friday, July 11, 2003.
 

Nigeria
 
President Bush and Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo stand for their national anthems at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, Nigeria, Saturday, July 12, 2003.

Federal Capitol Territory head Aliu Babangida, left, presents the key to the city to President Bush in Abuja, Nigeria, Saturday, July 12, 2003.

President Bush addresses the Leon H. Sullivan Summit, an annual meeting promoting U.S. and African relations, in Abuja, Nigeria, Saturday, July 12, 2003.
 

 
President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush pose with Nigerian children who presented them with flowers during a welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, Nigeria, Saturday, July 12, 2003.

President Bush and the First Lady greet local mothers affected by AIDS and their HIV-free children in the courtyard of the Abuja National Hospital and laboratory in Nigeria on Saturday, July 12, 2003.

President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush greet local mothers affected by AIDS with their HIV-free children in the courtyard of the Abuja National Hospital and laboratory in Nigeria on Saturday, July 12, 2003.
 



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