High expectations await Obama's visit

  1. Posted on Wednesday 8 July 2009 - 14:17
    AfricaNews editor
    AfricaNews editors in Accra, Ghana
    Ghanaians are proud to be the first people in Sub-Sahara Africa to host revered US President Barack Obama. He lands on the shores of the former Gold Coast on Friday to strengthen the relationship between the two countries.
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    Already there are giant bill boards and paraphernalia of him from the streets to the market centres in the capital Accra. People are selling dresses and under wears with the name and picture of Obama on them. Ghanaians are planning a mammoth and thunderous welcome for the US president right from the Kotoka International Airport to the principal streets.

    The people AfricaNews spoke to in this video generally hope that Obama would help Ghana with her economic problems inspite of the challenges the US is facing now.

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