Barack Obama will visit Africa for the first time as US president when he travels to Ghana in July, the Ghanaian foreign ministry said today.
Mr Obama, the first black leader of the United States and a hugely popular figure in Africa, will visit the former British colony on July 10th and 11th.
"During his visit, president Obama will hold bilateral talks with his Ghanaian counterpart, president John Evans Atta Mills, aimed at strengthening the fraternal relations existing between the two countries," the foreign ministry said in a statement.
Mr Obama, whose late father was Kenyan, sparked a wave of high expectation throughout Africa when he resoundingly won elections in November, though the world's poorest continent has barely featured on his agenda since taking power in January.
Reuters