NAIROBI, Kenya - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has arrived in Kenya on the first leg of a seven-nation tour of Africa.

Clinton flew Tuesday to Nairobi while her husband, former President Bill Clinton, was meeting with North Korean officials in Pyongyang in an effort to free two journalists imprisoned by the regime. She did not comment on her husband's trip when she arrived shortly after 11:30 a.m. EDT.

In Africa, Clinton will address an African trade forum, meet top Kenyan officials and pledge continuing support to the beleaguered president of Somalia's shaky interim government. From Kenya, Clinton will travel to South Africa, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Liberia and Cape Verde.