List_of_diplomatic_visits_to_the_United_States:_Africa

List of diplomatic visits to the United States from Africa

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International trips made by the heads of state and heads of government to the United States have become a valuable part of American diplomacy and international relations since such trips were first made in the mid-19th century. They are complicated undertakings that often require months of planning along with a great deal of coordination and communication.

The first international visit to the United States was made by King Kalakaua of Hawaii in 1874, which was the first visit by a foreign chief of state or head of government.^[1]

The first African head of state to visit the United States was President Edwin Barclay of Liberia in 1943.^[2]

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Visits By Foreign Leaders of Hawaii U.S.Department of State Office of the Historian

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Visits By Foreign Leaders of Liberia U.S.Department of State Office of the Historian

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Visits By Foreign Leaders of Angola U.S.Department of State Office of the Historian

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Visits By Foreign Leaders of Benin U.S.Department of State Office of the Historian

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Visits By Foreign Leaders of Cameroon U.S.Department of State Office of the Historian

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Visits By Foreign Leaders of Cape Verde U.S.Department of State Office of the Historian

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Visits By Foreign Leaders of Central African Republic U.S.Department of State Office of the Historian

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Visits By Foreign Leaders of Chad U.S.Department of State Office of the Historian

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Visits By Foreign Leaders of Djibouti U.S.Department of State Office of the Historian

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Visits By Foreign Leaders of Egypt U.S.Department of State Office of the Historian

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"Remarks With Equatorial Guinean President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo Before Their Meeting". United States Department of State. April 12, 2006. Retrieved April 17, 2016.

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"Equatorial Guinea - General Debate of the 64th Session (2009)". United Nations. September 23, 2009. Retrieved April 17, 2016.

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"Meeting between the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, and the President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). September 26, 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2016.

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Visits By Foreign Leaders of Eritrea U.S.Department of State Office of the Historian

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Visits By Foreign Leaders of Gabon U.S.Department of State Office of the Historian

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Visits By Foreign Leaders of Côte d'Ivoire U.S.Department of State Office of the Historian

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Visits By Foreign Leaders of Kenya U.S.Department of State Office of the Historian

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Dates	Guest	Title	Reason
October 9–15, 1962	Ahmed Ben Bella	President	Informal visit to Washington D.C. while attending the United Nations General Assembly session. First foreign leader to receive a welcoming ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House.
April 11, 1974	Houari Boumedienne		Private visit to Washington, D.C. while attending the U.N. General Assembly session.
April 16–22, 1985	Chadli Bendjedid		State visit; visited Los Angeles, Fresno, and San Francisco.
July 11–14, 2001	Abdelaziz Bouteflika		Working visit
November 5, 2001			Met with President Bush during a private visit.
June 9–10, 2004			Met with President Bush during the 30th G8 summit in Sea Island, Georgia.
September 23, 2009			Attended the 64th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
August 4–6, 2014	Abdelmalek Sellal	Prime Minister	Attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit.^[4]
March 31 – April 1, 2016	Abdelmalek Sellal		Attended the Nuclear Security Summit.
December 13–15, 2022	Aymen Benabderrahmane		Attended the United States-Africa Leaders Summit 2022.
September 19, 2023	Abdelmadjid Tebboune	President	Attended the 78th United Nations General Assembly.^[5]

Dates	Guest	Title	Reason
September 16, 1991	José Eduardo dos Santos	President	Met with President Bush during a private visit.
December 7–9, 1995			Official working visit
February 25–26, 2002			Working visit
May 11–14, 2004			Working visit
September 26, 2018	João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço		Attended the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
September 24, 2019			Attended the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
November 30, 2022			Met with President Biden marks the 30th anniversary of the Diplomatic Relations between Angola and the United States.^[7]
September 20, 2023			Attended the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.

Dates	Guest	Title	Reason
March 5, 1969	Émile Zinsou	President	Private visit
October 24, 1970	Hubert Maga	Chairman	Attended dinner celebrating the 25th anniversary of the United Nations at the White House.
December 9, 1971	Hubert Maga	Chairman	Private visit
November 4–6, 1991	Nicephore Soglo	President	Official visit
July 12–15, 1995	Nicephore Soglo		Official working visit
December 11–14, 2006	Thomas Boni Yayi		Working visit. Attended a summit at the White House addressing malaria.
September 28, 2008			Attended the 63rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
July 29, 2011			Working visit. Attended a summit at the White House addressing democratic progresses in West Africa with U.S. President Barack Obama, Guinean President Alpha Condé, Ivoirian President Alassane Ouattara and Nigerien President Mahamadou Issoufou.^[9]
August 4–6, 2014			Attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit.^[4]
September 30, 2015	Lionel Zinsou	Prime Minister	Attended the 70th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
September 22, 2016	Patrice Talon	President	Attended the 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
January 26-30, 2020			Working visit, meet U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.^[10]
December 13-15, 2022			Attended the United States-Africa Leaders Summit 2022.

Dates	Guest	Title	Reason
March 31 – April 1, 1969	Seretse Khama	President	Consultations with IBRD; attended Eisenhower funeral; met with President Nixon March 31.
June 9, 1976	Seretse Khama		Private visit.
May 7 - 10, 1984	Quett Masire		Official working visit. Private visit to New York City afterwards.
June 7, 1989			Met with President Bush during a private visit.
October 19, 1995			Attended Africare dinner with President Clinton.
February 25-26, 2002	Festus Mogae		Working visit.
June 12 - 13, 2005	Festus Mogae		Working visit. Discussed African Growth and Opportunity Act.
November 5, 2009	Ian Khama		Working Visit.
September 19-27, 2018	Mokgweetsi Masisi		Attended the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly and visited the Florida State University, his alma mater. ^[12]
May 28-June 7, 2019			Working visit.^[13]
September 22, 2022			Attended the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
December 13-15, 2022			Attended United States-Africa Leaders Summit 2022.
September 20, 2023			Attended the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
April 28 - May 9, 2024			Working Visit. ^[14]

Dates	Guest	Title	Reason
March 28 – April 7, 1965	Maurice Yaméogo	President	State visit. Also visited Williamsburg, Los Angeles, Fresno, San Francisco, Springfield, and New York City.
October 24, 1970	Sangoule Lamizana		Attended dinner on the 25th anniversary of the United Nations at the White House.
October 15, 1973	Sangoule Lamizana		Private visit; met with President Nixon at the White House to discuss the drought in West Africa.
July 13–16, 2008	Blaise Compaoré		Working visit
September 24, 2008			Attended the 63rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
September 25, 2009			Attended the 64th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
September 25, 2013			Attended the 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
August 4–6, 2014			Attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit.^[4]
October 2, 2015	Michel Kafando	President of the Transitional Council	Attended the 70th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
September 22, 2016	Roch Marc Christian Kaboré	President	Attended the 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
September 21, 2017			Attended the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
September 24, 2019			Attended the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.

Dates	Guest	Title	Reason
May 17–28, 1964	Mwambutsa IV	King	Private visit; dedicated African Pavilion at the New York World's Fair.
September 23–25, 1998	Pierre Buyoya	President	Met with President Clinton during a private visit after the meeting of the United Nations General Assembly.
August 4–6, 2014	Pierre Nkurunziza		Attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit.^[4] Met with Secretary of State John Kerry.^[17]
September 22, 2022	Évariste Ndayishimiye		Attended the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
December 13-15, 2022			Attended the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit 2022.
September 21, 2023			Attended the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.

Dates	Guest	Title	Reason
March 13–18, 1962	Ahmadou Ahidjo	President	Presidential guest. Afterwards visited New York City.
October 19–25, 1967			Informal visit; visited New York City and Pittsburgh.
October 9, 1979			Private visit
July 25–28, 1982			Official working visit. Private visit to Gainesville, Florida afterwards.
February 25–28, 1986	Paul Biya		Official working visit. Private visit to Los Angeles afterwards.
May 6, 1991			Private visit; met with President Bush.
March 21–23, 2003			Working visit
June 22–29, 2003		Prime Minister	Attended United States-Africa Business Summit on June 24–27; met with President George W. Bush during a private visit on June 26.
August 2–6, 2014		President	Attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit.^[4]^[19]

Dates	Guest	Title	Reason
October 3–7, 1983	Aristides Maria Pereira	President	Private visit; met with President Reagan on October 3.
January 30, 1992	Carlos Veiga	Prime Minister	Met with President Bush while attending a United Nations Security Council summit in New York City.
March 28, 2013	José Maria Neves	Prime Minister	Attended the African Leaders Summit.
August 4–6, 2014	Jorge Carlos Fonseca	President	Attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit.^[4]

Dates	Guest	Title	Reason
October 2–6, 1968	François Tombalbaye	President	Official visit; visited San Antonio, Lubbock, Cape Kennedy, and New York City.
October 24, 1970	François Tombalbaye		Attended a dinner at the White House celebrating the 25th anniversary of the United Nations.
June 18–23, 1987	Hissène Habré		Official working visit
August 4–6, 2014	Idriss Déby		Attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit.^[4]

Dates	Guest	Title	Reason
July 27–29, 1960	Patrice Lumumba	Prime Minister	Met with Secretary of State Christian Herter and United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld.
February 5–8, 1962	Cyrille Adoula	Prime Minister	Informal visit. Afterwards visited New York City.
August 3–14, 1970	Mobutu Sese Seko	President	Official visit; visited Annapolis, New York City, Fort Bragg, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.
October 10, 1973			Private visit; met with President Nixon at the White House.
August 10–13, 1979			Private visit; attended an International Monetary Fund meeting. Also met with President Jimmy Carter on September 11.
November 29 – December 8, 1981			Private visit; met with President Reagan on December 1.
August 2–6, 1983			Official working visit
September 23, 1984			Private visit; met with President Reagan at a U.N. General Assembly reception in New York City.
December 6–12, 1986			Official working visit
June 28–30, 1989			Official working visit
October 4, 1989			Met with President Bush during a private visit.
August 13, 2002	Joseph Kabila		Met with President Bush at the U.N. General Assembly in New York City.
November 2 – December 6, 2003			Working visit; met with President Bush at the Oval Office.
October 24–28, 2007			Working visit
September 23, 2010			Attended the United Nations General Assembly.
August 4–6, 2014			Attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit.^[4] Met with Secretary of State John Kerry.^[25]
September 20, 2022	Felix Tshisekedi		Attended the United Nations General Assembly

Dates	Guest	Title	Reason
June 8–13, 1961	Fulbert Youlou	President	Informal visit. Afterwards visited New York City.
February 11–14, 1990	Denis Sassou-Nguesso	President	State visit. Private visit to Houston afterwards.
December 8–14, 1991	André Milongo	Prime Minister	Private visit. Met with President Bush on December 13. Also visited Atlanta.
June 24–27, 2003	Denis Sassou Nguesso	President	Attended the United States-Africa Business Summit. Met with President Bush during a private visit on June 26.
June 4–7, 2006			Working visit
August 4–6, 2014			Attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit.^[4]

Dates	Guest	Title	Reason
September 27, 1977	Hassan Gouled Aptidon	President	Private visit
April 23–25, 1991	Hassan Gouled Aptidon		Official working visit
September 21, 1999	Ismaïl Omar Guelleh		Met with President Clinton during a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City.
January 19–24, 2003			Working visit
May 5, 2014			Met with President Obama at the Oval Office.^[28]
August 4–6, 2014			Attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit.^[4]

Dates	Guest	Title	Reason
September 26, 1960	Gamal Abdel Nasser	President	Met with President Eisenhower in New York City while attending a United Nations General Assembly session.
October 27 – November 5, 1975	Anwar El Sadat		State visit; met with President Ford in Jacksonville, Florida on November 2. Addressed a joint session of U.S. Congress on November 5. Also visited Williamsburg, New York City, Chicago, and Houston.
April 3–6, 1977			Official working visit
February 3–8, 1978			Official visit
September 5–19, 1978			See also: Camp David Accords Official visit. Met with President Carter and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin at Camp David.
December 1, 1978	Mustafa Khalil	Prime Minister	Private visit to discuss progress of peace negotiations between Egypt and Israel.
February 20–25, 1979	Mustafa Khalil	Prime Minister	Official visit. Second meeting with President Carter and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin at Camp David regarding the Camp David Accords.
March 24–29, 1979	Anwar El Sadat	President	Official visits. Signed the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty on March 26.
March 24–29, 1979	Mustafa Khalil	Prime Minister
April 7–10, 1980	Anwar El Sadat	President	Official visit
August 4–9, 1981	Anwar El Sadat		State visit; visited New York City.
February 2–5, 1982	Hosni Mubarak		State visit
January 26–31, 1983			Official working visit
September 29 – October 3, 1983			Official working visit
February 11–15, 1984			Official working visit
March 11–13, 1985			Official working visit
September 21–23, 1985			Private visit; met with President Reagan on September 23. Afterwards visited New York City on September 24–28.
January 26–29, 1988			State visit; visited Dallas on January 30.
April 1–5, 1989			Official visit. Private visit to New York City afterwards.
October 1–3, 1989			Met with President Bush during a private visit.
April 3–6, 1993			Met with President Clinton during a private visit.
October 23–28, 1993			Met with President Clinton during a private visit.
April 1–5, 1995			Official working visit
September 28–30, 1995			Attended the signing of Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement.
July 28–31, 1996			Official working visit
March 8–13, 1997			Official working visit
June 26 – July 6, 1999			Official working visit
March 24–30, 2000			Official working visit
March 30 – April 4, 2001			Working visit
March 2–6, 2002			Working visit
June 5–8, 2002			Met with President Bush in Washington, D.C. and Camp David.
April 5–9, 2004			Official select visit. Met with President Bush on April 12 at his Prairie Chapel Ranch in Crawford, Texas.
May 8–17, 2005	Ahmed Nazif	Prime Minister	Working visit
August 17–19, 2009	Hosni Mubarak	President	Working visit
September 1, 2010	Hosni Mubarak		Attended Middle East peace talks.
September 26, 2012	Mohamed Morsi		Addressed the sixty-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City.^[30]
August 4–6, 2014	Ibrahim Mahlab	Prime Minister	Attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit.^[4]
September 23, 2014	Abdel Fattah el-Sisi	President	Met with President Obama at the UN General Assembly in New York City.
September 24–29, 2015			Addressed the seventieth session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on September 28. Met with President Obama. Attended a summit on addressing the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on September 29.^[31]
April 3, 2017			Official Working Visit.
April 9, 2019			Official Working Visit.

Dates	Guest	Title	Reason
April 12, 2006	Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo	President	Met with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.^[32]
September 23, 2009			Addressed the sixty-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City.^[33]
August 4–6, 2014			Attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit.^[4]
September 24–25, 2014			Addressed the sixty-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. Met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.^[34]

Dates	Guest	Title	Reason
February 5–15, 1995	Isaias Afwerki	President	Working visit
April 25 – May 3, 1998			Met with President Clinton during a private visit.
September 23–25, 2011			Addressed the sixty-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City.^[36]

Dates	Guest	Title	Reason
April 26 – June 14, 1945	Endelkachew Makonnen	Prime Minister	Led Ethiopian delegation to the United Nations Conference on International Organization in San Francisco.
May 26 – July 12, 1954	Haile Selassie	Emperor	At the invitation of the President Eisenhower. Addressed joint session of U.S. Congress on May 4. Afterwards, visited Princeton, New York City, Boston, Ann Arbor and Lansing, Chicago, St. Paul, Spokane and Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Stillwater and Fort Benning.
September 30 – October 7, 1963			State visit; visited Philadelphia and New York City.
November 24–25, 1963			Attended the funeral of President Kennedy.
February 13–17, 1967			State visit. Afterwards visited New York City.
July 7–11, 1969			State visit. Afterwards visited Atlanta and Cape Canaveral to view the Apollo 11 launch.
October 24–25, 1970			Attended a dinner at the White House for the 25th anniversary of the United Nations; met privately with President Nixon on October 25.
May 14–15, 1973			Official visit
August 10–16, 1994	Meles Zenawi	President	Working visit
October 19, 1995		Prime Minister	Attended an Africare dinner with President Clinton.
December 4–5, 2002			Working visit
August 4–6, 2014	Hailemariam Desalegn		Attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit.^[4] Met with Secretary of State John Kerry.^[38]
September 21–23, 2014	Hailemariam Desalegn		Participated in the Climate Summit on September 23. Addressed the sixty-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on September 25.^[39] Met with President Obama on September 25.^[40]

Dates	Guest	Title	Reason
August 2, 1973	Omar Bongo	President	Private visit; met with President Nixon at the White House.
March 3, 1977			Met with President Carter during a private visit.
October 17, 1977			Met with President Carter during a private visit.
June 15, 1981			Met with President Reagan during a private visit.
July 30 – August 3, 1987			Official working visit. Also visited Atlanta on August 1–2. Private visit to Houston afterwards.
May 26, 2004			Working visit
June 9, 2011	Ali Bongo Ondimba		Working visit
August 4–6, 2014			Attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit.^[4]
March 31 – April 1, 2016			Attended the Nuclear Security Summit.

Dates	Guest	Title	Reason
May 15–18, 1989	Dawda Jawara	President	Met with President Bush during a private visit. Also visited Cornell University in Ithaca, New York and Cape Canaveral.
June 21–29, 2003	Yahya Jammeh		Attended United States-Africa Business Summit; met with President Bush during a private visit on June 26.
August 4–6, 2014			Attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit.^[4]
August 5–6, 2015			Attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit.^[4]

Dates	Guest	Title	Reason
July 23 – August 2, 1958	Kwame Nkrumah	Prime Minister	Official visit. Afterwards visited Pennsylvanian cities of Hershey, Harrisburg and Philadelphia, New York City, and Chicago.
September 22, 1960		President	Met with President Eisenhower in New York City while attending a United Nations General Assembly session.
March 8, 1961		President	Informal visit while attending a U.N. meeting.
October 9–14, 1967	Joseph Arthur Ankrah	Chairman	Private visit; visited Tampa, Cape Kennedy, and New York City.
October 20, 1969	Kofi Abrefa Busia	Prime Minister	Private visit
October 24, 1970			Attended a dinner at the White House on 25th anniversary of the U.N.
November 3–4, 1971			Private visit while en route to Mexico.
March 8–9, 1995	Jerry Rawlings	President	Official working visit
February 3–6, 1999	Jerry Rawlings		State visit
June 27–29, 2001	John Kufuor		Working visit; attended a forum of the Partnership to Cut Hunger in Africa.
September 24, 2003			Met with President Bush at a U.N. General Assembly session in New York City.
June 9–10, 2004			Met with President Bush at the 30th G8 summit in Sea Island, Georgia.
June 12–13, 2005			Working visit; discussed the African Growth and Opportunity Act.
October 26, 2005			Working visit.
April 11–13, 2006			Working visit
September 14–17, 2008			State visit
March 7–12, 2012	John Atta Mills		Working visit
August 4–6, 2014	John Dramani Mahama		Attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit.,^[4] then attended private event in Springfield, Missouri
September 21–27, 2014			Working visit; participated in the Climate Summit in New York City on September 23. Addressed the sixty-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on September 25. Delivered lectures at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts and at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts on September 26–27.^[44]
September 26–30, 2015			Working visit; co-hosted an event on health crisis with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg on September 26 in New York City.^[45] Also addressed the seventieth session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 30.^[46]

Dates	Guest	Title	Reason
October 25 – November 8, 1959	Ahmed Sékou Touré	President	State visit; also visited Raleigh, Chicago, Los Angeles, Wheeling, Omal, and New York City.
October 9–12, 1962			Informal visit; visited New York City.
August 8–15, 1979			Private visit; met with President Carter on August 8. Also visited Los Angeles, Denver, Pittsburgh, and New York City.
June 26 – July 3, 1982			Private visit; met with President Reagan on June 30.
July 29, 2011	Alpha Condé		Working visit
August 4–6, 2014			Attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit.^[4]
April 15, 2015			Attended the Africa Leaders Ebola Meeting.

Dates	Guest	Title	Reason
October 19, 1995	Manuel Saturnino da Costa	Prime Minister	Attended an Africare dinner with President Clinton.
August 4–6, 2014	José Mário Vaz	President	Attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit.^[4]

Dates	Guest	Title	Reason
May 5–29, 1962	Félix Houphouët-Boigny	President	State visit. Private visit to New York City on May 5–15. Later visited Boston and Philadelphia.
August 17 – September 1, 1967			Official visit. Private visit to New York City on August 26 – September 1.
October 8–18, 1973			State visit. Afterwards visited Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York City (private visit after October 15).
June 6–20, 1983			State visit; visited New York City.
July 29, 2011	Alassane Ouattara		Working visit
August 4–6, 2014	Daniel Kablan Duncan	Prime Minister	Attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit.^[4]

Dates	Guest	Title	Reason
February 19–22, 1980	Daniel arap Moi	President	State visit
September 24–26, 1981			Private visit en route to the United Nations General Assembly. Met with President Reagan on September 25.
May 11–14, 1987			Official working visit. Also visited New York City on March 14.
December 4–6, 2002			Working visit
October 5–7, 2003	Mwai Kibaki		State visit
September 23, 2010	Mwai Kibaki		Attended the United Nations General Assembly
August 4–6, 2014	Uhuru Kenyatta		Attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit.^[4]
April 20–27, 2015			Working visit; attended the Milken Institute Global Conference in Los Angeles.^[51]
September 24 – October 8, 2015			Working visit; attended the seventieth session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City.^[52] Met with British Prime Minister David Cameron and Pope Francis.^[53]
August 27, 2018			Official Working visit
February 6, 2020
October 11-15, 2021
September 20-24, 2022	William Ruto	Attended the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly

Dates	Guest	Title	Reason
August 22 – September 30, 1967	Leabua Jonathan	Prime Minister	Informal visit. Afterwards visited New York City and San Diego.
August 4–6, 2014	Tom Thabane	Prime Minister	Attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit.^[4]

Dates	Guest	Title	Reason
May 26 – June 12, 1943	Edwin Barclay	President	Official visit. Addressed joint session of U.S. Congress on May 28. Afterwards visited Akron and Columbus, Buffalo, Philadelphia and New York City.
October 18–21, 1954	William Tubman (President-elect)		Accompanied President Edwin Barclay.
October 17–24, 1961			Official visit; visited New York City and Rutherford.
March 23 – April 3, 1968			Official visit.In U.S.March 23 – April 3; visited New York City, Baltimore, and Cedar Rapids.
June 5, 1973	William Tolbert		Private visit
November 5, 1974			Private visit
September 20–27, 1976			State visit. Addressed joint session of U.S. Congress on September 23. Also visited Williamsburg, Virginia and Atlanta. After September 27, private visit to Philadelphia and New York City.
September 25 – October 2, 1979			Private visit; met with President Carter on October 2.
August 16–21, 1982	Samuel Doe		Official working visit. Private visit afterwards to Los Angeles.
February 9–12, 2004	Gyude Bryant	Chairman	Working visit
March 15–23, 2006	Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf	President	Addressed joint session of U.S. Congress on March 15.
February 12–16, 2007			Working visit
October 17–28, 2007			Working visit
October 20–22, 2008			Working visit. Also addressed the White House summit on international development on October 21.
May 27, 2010			Working visit
February 25–27, 2015			Official visit; met with President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry to discuss progress in addressing the West African Ebola virus epidemic.^[55]
April 15, 2015			Attended the Africa Leaders Ebola Meeting.

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Algeria

Angola

Benin

Botswana

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chad

Comoros

Congo (Democratic Republic of) (Zaire)

Congo (Republic of) (Brazzaville)

Djibouti

Egypt

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Gabon

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)

Kenya

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Morocco

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mozambique

Namibia

Niger

Nigeria

Rwanda

Seychelles

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Somalia

South Africa

South Sudan

Sudan

Swaziland

Tanzania

Togo

Tunisia

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

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Dates	Guest	Title	Reason
July 13–17, 1954	Mustafa Ben Halim	Prime Minister	Unofficial visit. Discussed U.S. military base rights and economic assistance.
March 7, 2012	Abdurrahim El-Keib		Working visit.
August 4–6, 2014	Abdullah al-Thani		Attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit.
December 1, 2017	Fayez al-Sarraj		Working visit. Met with President Trump.

Dates	Guest	Title	Reason
July 27-August 5, 1964	Philibert Tsiranana	President	Official visit. In U.S. July 26–August 5, visited Philadelphia, New York City, Minneapolis (Minnesota), San Francisco, and Honolulu (Hawaii).
August 5-6, 2014	Hery Rajaonarimampianina	President	Attended the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit.

Dates	Guest	Title	Reason
June 2–11, 1967	Hastings Banda	President	Private visit; visited Amherst, Massachusetts and Kansas City, Missouri.
October 19, 1995	Bakili Muluzi		Attended Africare dinner with President Clinton.
September 23, 2010	Bingu Wa Mutharika		Attended the United Nations General Assembly.
March 28, 2013	Joyce Banda		Attended the African Leaders Summit.
August 4–6, 2014	Peter Mutharika		Attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit.^[4]

Start	End	Guest	Title	Reason
September 12, 1961	September 13, 1961	Modibo Keïta	President	Informal visit after attendingConference of Nonaligned Nations in Belgrade.
October 5, 1988	October 9, 1988	Moussa Traore		State Visit; (October 9) visited Dayton, Wilberforce, and Columbus
November 18, 1997	November 21, 1997	Alpha Oumar Konare		Working visit.
June 26, 2001	June 28, 2001	Alpha Oumar Konare		Working visit; attended a forum of the Partnership to Cut Hunger in Africa.
February 11, 2008	February 13, 2008	Amadou Toumani Toure		Working visit.

Start	End	Guest	Title	Reason
November 25, 1957	November 28, 1957	Mohammed V	King	State visit.Afterwards visited Williamsburg, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Omaha, Niagara Falls, and New York City.Departed U.S.December 13.
October 15, 1959	October 15, 1959	Abdallah Ibrahim	Prime Minister	Informal meeting with President Eisenhower. In U.S.October 11–30, led Moroccan delegation to the UN General Assembly, and visited Knoxville, Dallas, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Detroit and Niagara Falls
March 27, 1963	March 29, 1963	Hassan II	King	State visit. In U.S.March 26 – April 5. Visited New York City
February 9, 1967	February 11, 1967	Hassan II	King	Informal visit. Afterwards made a private visit to New York City.In U.S.February 8–17.
June 4, 1970	June 4, 1970	Ahmed Laraki	Prime Minister	Private visit. Presented personal message to President Nixon from King Hassan II
October 24, 1970	October 24, 1970			Attended White House dinner on 25th Anniversary of the U.N.
April 15, 1971	April 15, 1971			Private visit.
December 3, 1977	December 3, 1977			Private visit. Delivered a message to President Carter postponing a state visit by King Hassan II
November 13, 1978	November 16, 1978	Hassan II	King	State visit.Afterwards visited Chicago. Departed U.S.November 29.
May 18, 1982	May 21, 1982			Official working visit. Private visit afterward to New York City and Chicago.
October 20, 1982	October 24, 1982			Official working visit. Led Arab League delegation presenting Middle East peace proposals
February 28, 1984	March 1, 1984	Karim Lamrani	Prime Minister	Official working visit. Private visit to New York City March 2.
September 26, 1990	September 26, 1990	Hassan II	King	Official visit.
January 30, 1992	January 30, 1992			Met with President Bush while attending a U.N Security Council Summit in New York City.
March 15, 1995	March 17, 1995			State Visit.
June 19, 2000	June 22, 2000	Mohammed VI		State Visit.
April 21, 2002	April 26, 2002			Working visit.
September 23, 2003	September 23, 2003			Met with President Bush at the UN General Assembly in New York City
July 7, 2004	July 8, 2004			Working visit.
April 12, 2010	April 13, 2010	Abbas El Fassi	Prime Minister	Attended the Nuclear Security Summit
November 22, 2013	November 22, 2013	Mohammed VI	King	Working visit.

Start	End	Guest	Title	Reason
December 12, 1960	December 12, 1960	Moktar Ould Daddah	President	Met President Eisenhower
September 28, 1971	September 28, 1971	Moktar Ould Daddah	President	Private visit to Washington, D.C. while attending session of the U.N. General Assembly
August 5, 2014	August 6, 2014	Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz	President	Attended the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit.

Start	End	Guest	Title	Reason
May 8, 1968	May 9, 1968	Seewoosagur Ramgoolam	Prime Minister	Informal visit.Afterwards visited Cape Kennedy.Departed U.S.May 10.
September 18, 1969	September 18, 1969			Met with President Nixon in New York City while attending a U.N. General Assembly session.
October 24, 1970	October 24, 1970			Attended White House dinner on 25th Anniversary of the U.N.
September 30, 1975	September 30, 1975			Private visit while attending U.N. General Assembly session.
October 12, 1981	October 16, 1981			Private visit.Met with President Reagan October 16.
June 4, 1991	June 6, 1991	Aneerood Jugnauth		Official working visit.Private visit to New York City afterward.
June 23, 2003	June 27, 2003	Aneerood Jugnauth		Working visit.Also attended United States-Africa Business Summit.
August 5, 2014	August 6, 2014	Navinchandra Ramgoolam		Attended the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit.

Start	End	Guest	Title	Reason
October 4, 1977	October 4, 1977	Samora Machel	President	Met with President Carter in New York City while attending U.N. General Assembly session.
September 17, 1985	September 21, 1985	Samora Machel		Official Working Visit.Private visit to Atlanta afterward.
October 5, 1987	October 5, 1987	Joaquim Chissano		Met with President Reagan during a private visit.
March 12, 1990	March 14, 1990			Official visit.
September 27, 1993	September 27, 1993			Met with President Clinton at the U.N. General Assembly in New York City
November 29, 1998	December 1, 1998			Working visit.
November 22, 2002	November 27, 2002			Working visit.
September 24, 2003	September 24, 2003			Met with President Bush at the U.N. General Assembly in New York City
June 12, 2005	June 13, 2005	Armando Guebuza		Working visit. Discussed African Growth and Opportunity Act

Start	End	Guest	Title	Reason
June 19, 1990	June 19, 1990	Sam Nujoma	President	Private visit.
June 16, 1993	June 19, 1993	Sam Nujoma		Met with President Clinton during a private visit.
June 12, 2005	June 13, 2005	Hifikepunye Pohamba		Working visit.Discussed African Growth and Opportunity Act

Start	End	Guest	Title	Reason
September 26, 1967	September 27, 1967	Hamani Diori	President	Official visit. In U.S.September 25-October 11; visited the U.S Virgin Islands, Tucson, Chicago, New York City, and San Francisco.
December 10, 1984	December 13, 1984	Seyni Kountché		Official Working Visit.Private visit afterwards to Columbus
June 12, 2005	June 13, 2005	Mamadou Tandja		Working visit.Discussed African Growth and Opportunity Act
September 29, 2011	September 29, 2011	Mahamadou Issoufou		Working visit