US President Barack Obama arrived here this morning on an official visit to Ghana, the German News Agency "DPA" reported. An overnight flight took Obama from Italy, where he had been attending both the G8 summit in L'Aquila, and a meeting with the Pope at the Vatican, to the Ghanaian capital Accra. President Obama and his wife, Michelle, were greeted at the airport with a traditional dance, and drumming. Obama's father was a Kenyan academic, and the president has previously visited Kenya. The US president was due to hold a working breakfast with President John Atta Mills of Ghana, before addressing the country's parliament. The White House has praised Ghana in advance of the trip as a "trustworthy partner" in sub-Saharan Africa. The president' speech to the parliament is expected to focus on Africans' long journey to freedom and the right to vote.
