10/03/2009 12:29
Obama's grandmother to help fight tsetse fly
U.S. President Barack Obama's grandmother will use her celebrity status to help eradicate the tsetse fly. Sarah Obama, 87, was given a spray pump and enough insecticide to treat 3,000 animals -- which like humans can be infected by the insect, vesti.ru reports.
Some 37 African countries are affected by tsetse and sleeping sickness or trypanosomiasis.
«Obama’s grandmother very much appreciated the gift and vowed she will be the goodwill ambassador in her area to eradicate tsetse flies," the African Union representative said.