Perezida Obama wageze muri Afurika y’Epfo ku wa Gatanu tariki ya 28 Kamena 2013, yamagannye ibihuha bivuga ko ashobora kujya gusura Nelson Mandela mu bitaro.
Nk’uko BBC ibitangaza, Perezida Obama yavuze ko atifuza kubangamira umuryango wa Mandela, ati “Ntabwo ari ngombwa gufata ifoto mu bihe nk’ibi.”
Mu ijambo rye, Obama yavuze ko agomba guha umuryango wa Mandela ubutumwa bwo kubakomeza no kubabwira ko abanyamerika bifatanije na bo.