Obama to start Africa tour Thursday in Senegal

President Barack Obama and his family were headed to Senegal on Wednesday, where they will start a week-long stay in Africa, dpa reported. During the trip, Obama will meet with Senegal\'s President Macky Sall on Thursday, South African President Jacob Zuma on Friday and Tanzania\'s President Jakaya Kikwete on Monday. On Friday, Obama will arrive in South Africa, where the continued hospitalization of anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela has drawn the nation into a mood of worry and well-wishing for the 94-year-old former leader. Obama will on Saturday host a town hall meeting at the University of Johannesburg in Soweto, part of his Young African Leaders Initiative. On Sunday, he is to deliver a major speech on his Africa policy in Cape Town.