Secretary of State Rice to visit Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, November 30, 2007 (WIC) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will visit Ethiopia next week for meetings on the conflicts in the volatile African Great Lakes region, Sudan and Somalia, according to Reuters.
Rice, a rare visitor to the African continent, will make her third trip to sub-Saharan Africa since becoming secretary of state in 2005.
State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said Rice would be in Addis Ababa on December 5,2007 to attend a meeting of leaders from the African Great Lakes region--Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.
"[They] will discuss issues of regional peace and security," he said.
During her two-day visit, Rice will also discuss Somalia and Sudan with African Union members, the United Nations and east African ministers, the news agency quoted McCormack as saying.
In addition, the top U.S. diplomat will meet officials from Ethiopia, it was learnt.
