from left to right: Uhuru Kenyatta, president of Kenya; Yoweri Museveni, president of … of State John Kerry; Ismail Omar Guelleh, president of Djibouti and Hailemariam Desalegn, prime minister of Ethiopia
WASHINGTON, DC – AUGUST 5: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (C) meets with regional heads of African delegations to discuss the situation in South Sudan, at the Department of State as part of the first U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit on August 5, 2014 in Washington, DC. The event brings together U.S. and African government leaders, members of African and U.S. civil society and the diaspora, and private sector leaders, focusing on using the knowledge and experience of citizens and civil society to solve the key challenges of our time.Getty Images