Obama arrives in Ghana for historic visit

  1. Posted on Saturday 11 July 2009 - 11:45
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    Joseph Appiah-Dolphyne, AfricaNews editor in Accra, Ghana Photo: Ghanaweb
    US President Barack Obama and his family arrived in Accra, Ghana, Friday night for a historic visit. He was met on arrival by Ghana's President, John Mills. He is expected to deliver a message on the importance of good governance in a country that defies stereotypes of a continent blighted by conflict, coups and crisis.
    Obama in Ghana
    It was an emotional moment for Ghana and Africans as a whole as the leader of the world's most powerful country, the son of an African immigrant, and his wife Michelle, the descendant of Africans shipped to America as slaves, stepped onto the red carpet in Accra.

    Ghana was chosen because of its democratic track record and Obama is expected to use the trip to promote good governance across the African continent.

    Barack Obama will hold talks with President John Atta Mills and address the country's parliament on the subject of democracy, Saturday.

    He is due to visit a former slave fort and a health centre in the capital, Accra, as part of his 24-hour visit.

    The visit to the slave fort at Cape Coast Castle will be an emotional moment for the first African-American president Of US and for his wife Michelle, whose ancestors are believed to have come from West Africa.

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