IMF Managing Director Completes Three-Nation Trip to Africa, March 2010

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On March 11, 2010, IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn rounded up his three-day trip around Africa. Zambia was his final stop, and he and his wife Ann Sinclair (L) were escorted from the airport by Zambian Finance Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane (R).
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Before heading over to Zambia, the Managing Director travelled to South Africa for the second leg of his Africa trip. Here, he is greeted by South African President Jacob Zuma (L) at the President's House Tuynhuys March 9, 2010 in Cape Town.
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The next day, the Managing Director joined IMF's African Director Antioinette Sayeh (L) and External Relations Advisor Gerry Rice (R) at a press conference at the Birchwood Hotel.
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Students from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg met Strauss-Kahn in a townhall to ask questions about IMF activities in Africa.
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The Managing Director took some time out to visit to GrassRoot Soccer, a non-profit organization that delivers HIV prevention and life skills curriculum to youth, during his visit to South Africa, March 9, 2010.
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Ann Sinclair, the Managing Director's wife, and he watched the kids show off their skills.....
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..... and showed off some of his own!
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When the fun was over, Strauss-Kahn presented a donation on behalf of the IMF Civic Program to GrassRoot Soccer.
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The following day, on the 11th of March, 2010, Strauss-Kahn made his final stop on his itinerary for his Africa trip to Zambia. At Lusaka International Airport, he was greeted by Zambia's Finance Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane (L) at the Lusaka.
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Ntaly Chapeshamano, age 4 (L), offered the Managing Director flowers to welcome him to Zambia.
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The Managing Director later met Zambia's President Rupiah Banda (R) at the Presidential House in Lusaka, Zambia.
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Both Strauss-Kahn and Zambia's Finance Minister (L) talk to members of the media at the VIP lobby at the Lusaka International Airport
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While at the Presidential House, Strauss-Kahn (C) talked with Zambia's President Rupiah Banda (R) and the Finance Minister (L).
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Strauss-Kahn along with his team of IMF officals talked with Zambia's Finance Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane and his team at the Ministry of Finance.