Nov 4th, 2009 - BBC NEWS
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Mark Ndesandjo had previously avoided talking to journalists
One of US President Barack Obama's half-brothers has spoken about their "abusive" father at the launch of his semi-autobiographical first novel.
Mark Ndesandjo told reporters: "My father beat me. He beat my mother."
The author is the son of Mr Obama's late father and his third wife. Barack Obama Sr split from Mr Obama's mother when the future president was aged two.
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