麻豆社

Despite the tensions on display at the Democratic Party convention in the United States there's one thing most Democrats agree on: the achievements of the outgoing president, Barak Obama.

So it's a little surprising to learn that President Obama's half-brother, Malik Obama, says he's changing party loyalties in the up-coming poll. He's registered to vote in the US state of Maryland, but he's currently in Kenya from where he explained his thinking.

(Pic: President Barack Obama's Kenyan half brother, Malik Obama. Credit: AFP)