Obama arrives in Ethiopia for official visit

U.S. President Barack Obama arrived later Sunday in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa for an official visit in the East African country.

Prime Minister Hailemaraim Desalegn of Ethiopia and other senior government officials have received President Obama at the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport.

Obama will also visit the African Union (AU) Headquarters in Addis Ababa, where the president will hold a bilateral meeting with Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Chairperson of the AU Commission, and other officials at the pan-African bloc.

Erastus Mwencha, Deputy Chairperson of the AU Commission, has told reporters in Addis Ababa that Obama would also deliver a speech to the African continent from the Nelson Mandela Hall at the AU Conference Center in Addis Ababa. Endit