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By Anthony Galloway, NBC Nightly News Producer
ACCRA, Ghana – The last stop on President Barack Obama’s week-long trip may prove to be his most historic and newsworthy.  Just one day before Obama arrives in Ghana, the significance of his trip is the topic of conversation among most Ghanaians. 
In this country, even though Obama’s father [...]

By Adrienne Mong, NBC News Producer
ULAN BATOR, Mongolia – As events unfold in Xinjiang Province, we have seen a resurgence of ethnic Chinese nationalist sentiment mixed with fear and mistrust of not just the Uighur people but also the outside world.
China’s central and local governments were quick to accuse the U.S.-based World Uighur Congress [...]

While residents in Accra, Ghana finalize their preparations for President Barack Obama’s historic visit, NBC News’ Mara Schiavocampo takes in some of the lively local culture in the West African city.
Its common for local women to carry things on their head in the market place in Accra. While they make it look easy, watch [...]

By Ian Williams, NBC News correspondent
 URUMQI, China – Thousands of riot police have descended upon the Western city of Urumqi as Chinese authorities try to control the ethnic tensions that sparked riots on Sunday and left at least 156 dead. Fears of further violent clashes between the local Uighur population and Han Chinese in the [...]

By NBC News’ Bo Gu
URUMQI, Xinjiang – As we drove through the empty streets of Urumqi, I was immediately reminded of the unrest in the Tibetan capital Lhasa last year – but with one key difference.
Here, in the remote capital of China’s northwestern Xinjiang province, there were few pedestrians, truckloads of armed police, [...]