Obama Traveling To South Africa Today

Latest stop on African trip

DAKAR, SENEGAL — President Barack Obama leaves Senegal Friday for South Africa, continuing a three-nation Africa trip designed to signal a more robust U.S. engagement with the continent.  

Obama's final day in Senegal is about one of his key policy priorities for the continent - enhancing food security.

He will attend an event with business leaders and agricultural ministers from West Africa and elsewhere on the continent.