WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush will travel to Africa in February to highlight efforts to boost economic development and fight AIDS and other diseases, the White House said on Friday.
Bush will visit Benin, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana and Liberia between February 15 and February 21 and meet with their heads of state, the White House said.
Bush last visited Africa in 2003.
(Reporting by Andy Sullivan, editing by Vicki Allen)
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