Obama In Ghana On Historic Africa Trip

Jul 10th, 2009 - The Huffington Post

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ACCRA, Ghana — President Barack Obama has landed in Ghana on his first trip to sub-Saharan Africa.

He landed soon after 9 p.m. local time and met a group of dignitaries, led by President John Atta Mills. An ethnic African group danced and banged drums for Obama's arrival.

After traveling to Russia and then Italy for a meeting of major industrial powers, Obama is making the last stop of his overseas trip in Ghana, on Africa's west coast.

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