Summary

  • US President Obama has arrived in Kenya

  • He will also visit Ethiopia

  • Obama promises to speak out on corruption and human rights

  • Nkurunziza wins third term as Burundi president

  • First malaria vaccine clears latest hurdle before it can be approved for use

Live Reporting

Clare Spencer and Damian Zane

  1. Video from Obama's arrival

    President Obama was greeted by President Uhuru Kenyatta when he arrived in Nairobi on Friday evening:

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  2. President Kenyatta's welcome

    While Kenyans were commenting on Twitter about every step that President Obama was taking, President Kenyatta had a simple message:

    Kenyatta and ObamaReuters

  3. Where was Kenya's deputy president?

    Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto was not in the official line-up to welcome President Obama to the country.

    He has just tweeted about what he was doing instead:

    As Mr Ruto is on trial at the International Criminal Court for crimes related to the violent aftermath of the 2007 election, there's been speculation about whether President Obama would meet him.

    President Kenyatta said he didn't think there would be an issue if the two men met.

  4. Who was the little girl who greeted Obama?

    There has been speculation about the identity of the first person President Obama met off the plane in Nairobi.

    A little girl was pictured giving President Obama flowers.

    Joan Wamaitha and President ObamaGetty Images

    Nation FM says the girl is an orphan:

  5. Airport pick up

    As President Obama travels with his half sister in an armoured limousine, the BBC's Milton Nkosi looks back at a very different airport pick up.

  6. Every tiny detail of Obama's arrival

    Man gets off a plane, signing a book and getting into a car. 

    But when that man is President Obama and he is getting off the plane in Nairobi, the Twittersphere is noticing every tiny little detail.

    From which hand he writes with...

    ... to what he is wearing on his wrist...

    And once he got in his armoured vehicle, and people couldn't see him anymore. The speculation began:

  7. Watching every step

    Tweeters are documenting every one of President Obama's steps into Nairobi

    As he signed what looks like a guest book, one tweeter notes:

    Once he does get into his car, another tweeter notes the detailing on the US President's armoured limousine:

  8. Welcome Obama

    People are welcoming President Obama to Kenya using the hashtag #ObamaReturns.

  9. Excitement around Obama

    President Obama has just landed in Nairobi and people are getting excited on Twitter.

  10. Burundi vote results being released

    Results for Burundi's presidential election are trickling in, district-by-district.

    The BBC's Maud Jullien is tweeting the results as she gets them:

  11. Other presidential visits

    Just a reminder that there are other bilateral presidential visits at the moment.

    Zambia's President Edgar Lungu has been on a trip to Uganda, as one of President Yoweri Museveni's press team has been tweeting: