Tillerson cancels Nairobi visitNAIROBI: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, on his first Africa tour as Washington´s top diplomat, cancelled his programme in Kenya on Saturday because he was feeling unwell. He later said that Tillerson was “feeling better and will resume his normal schedule tomorrow (Sunday)”. The audacious diplomatic gambit, which was taken before consulting key confidantes including Tillerson — who was in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa at the time — left aides scrambling to catch up. Just hours before the summit announcement Thursday, Tillerson had said Washington was “a long way” from talking directly to North Korea as he kicked off his five-nation Africa tour. The US diplomat, who arrived in Nairobi on Friday, had been due to visit AIDS relief programme PEPFAR on Saturday and attend a ceremony marking 20 years since Al-Qaeda bombed the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, killing 224 people.

Source: Ethiopian News March 10, 2018 13:41 UTC