US President Barack Obama has laid a wreath for the victims of the 1998 US embassy bombing in the Tanzanian city of Dar es Salaam.
Eleven Americans were killed in the al-Qaeda attack, which coincided with a bombing in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, which left hundreds dead.
The president was joined for the ceremony by predecessor George W Bush.
President Obama is on the last leg of his second Africa tour as president, which took in Senegal and South Africa.
In Tanzania, Mr Obama also visited a US-owned power plant, following his announcement over the weekend of a multi-billion-dollar electricity initiative.
The $7bn (£4.6bn) five-year initiative is intended to double access to electricity in sub-Saharan Africa, in partnership with African countries and the private sector.
"We're starting with countries that are making progress already with reforms in the energy sector - Tanzania, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda, Mozambique and Liberia," he told a business leaders forum in Dar es Salaam.
"And with a focus on cleaner energy, we will initially add 10,000 megawatts of new electricity generation, which expands electricity to 20 million homes and businesses."
At the same forum on Monday evening, Mr Obama launched a programme helping Africa's eastern nations of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda trade both with each other and with the US.
"We'll work with the countries involved to modernise customs, move to single more efficient border crossings, reduce bottlenecks, reduce the roadblocks that stymie the flow of goods to market," he said.
Mr Bush was in Dar es Salaam for a conference on African women sponsored by the George W Bush Institute.
As he and Mr Obama attended the ceremony at the US embassy memorial, their wives took part in the African First Ladies Summit.
President Obama and his family have now left for the US.
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