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Shootings since then. the u.s. president, barack obama, will make a solemn visit in a little more than an hour s time to the site of the bombing of the u.s. embassy in nairobi, kenya, in 1998. earlier, the american president told attendees at a business summit that entrepreneurship is the spark of prosperity and he is encouraging kenyans to seize it. mr. obama will also meet his kenyan counterpart, thank you hurry you kenyatta later in the day. jim acosta has more on the president s trip to africa. reporter: he is the president whose biography is known across the world a mother from kansas and a father from kenya. and now, mr. obama returns to his father s homeland for his first trip as president, a visit aides say he has eagerly awaited. he s certainly looking forward to his trip to kenya and giving him a chance to reconnect as president. he hasn t been there for a while. reporter: still, the president s planned stops in both kenya and ethiopia are not ....
Without risk as this section of africa is still plagued by terrorist groups like al shabaab, which carried out the west gate mall massacre less than two years ago, killing dozens. senior white house officials say the strategy for combating that threat will be high on the president s agenda. obviously, we wouldn t be taking this trip if we thought that security conditions precluded us doing so. and i am so proud to be back home. reporter: he hasn t been back to kenya since 2006 when then senator obama stopped in his father barack obama sr. s hometown where he encountered long-lost relatives while getting in touch with his roots. this is obviously a wonderful event for me. reporter: he also journeyed to kenya as a young man, collecting stories that would become part of his memoir dreams from my father. that painful experience of being abandoned by his father is now a recurring theme in his efforts to mentor young men of color. i am a black man who grew up ....