Obama’s Ghana visit, signal US won’t play second fiddle to China in Africa: Experts

October 2nd, 2009 Selena Gomez: Trip to Africa was 'life-changing'NEW YORK — She's a Disney teen queen, a TV wizard, and a fledgling rock singer. But 17-year-old Selena Gomez says what really blew her mind recently was a trip to the African nation of Ghana.

July 31st, 2009 PRETORIA - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit South Africa next week as part of her seven-nation tour of Africa, BuaNews Reported. Clinton will begin her tour Aug 5 when she arrives in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, to attend the 8th US-Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum (AGOA Forum).

July 12th, 2009 Obama home from whirlwind Ghana tripWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is back home after a whirlwind visit to Ghana. He arrived at Andrews Air Force Base early Sunday morning, soon after midnight.

July 11th, 2009 Son of Africa, Obama scolds forces of tyrannyACCRA, Ghana — An American president who has "the blood of Africa within me" praised and scolded the continent of his ancestors Saturday, asserting forces of tyranny and corruption must yield if Africa is to achieve its promise. "Yes you can," Barack Obama declared, brushing off his campaign slogan and adapting it for his foreign audience.

July 11th, 2009 Only small crowds greet Obama during Ghana visitACCRA, Ghana — The lucky ones saw him waving from behind the bulletproof glass of his passing vehicle for a few fleeting seconds. The others, like the rest of the world, just watched President Barack Obama's visit on TV.

July 11th, 2009 Obama has full day in GhanaACCRA, Ghana — President Barack Obama begins a packed day in Ghana with a morning meeting in Accra with Ghanaian President John Atta Mills. It's Obama's first visit as president to sub-Saharan Africa.

July 11th, 2009 NAIROBI/ACCRA - US President Barack Obama arrived in Ghana early Saturday, on his first visit to the African continent since taking office as America's first black president. 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.

July 11th, 2009 Obama: Prosperity is in Africa's futureACCRA, Ghana — President Barack Obama is promising to make sure that U.S. aid to Africa gets to the people who need it most, such as farmers and entrepreneurs, and not Western consultants and administrators.

July 11th, 2009 Obama departs Ghana for trip home to United StatesACCRA, Ghana — President Barack Obama is headed home after a brief but whirlwind visit to Ghana. Before departing, Obama addressed Ghanaians at the airport in the capital of Accra.

July 11th, 2009 Obama praises Ghana for its democratic traditionsACCRA, Ghana — President Barack Obama says governments that respect the will of their people enjoy more prosperity, stability and success than those that don't. In a speech Saturday in Ghana, Obama congratulated the West African nation for its democratic traditions.

July 10th, 2009 Obama lands in Ghana on historic Africa tripACCRA, Ghana — President Barack Obama has landed in Ghana on his first trip to sub-Saharan Africa since taking office. He landed soon after 9 p.m.

July 8th, 2009 Ghana to deploy 10,000 police for Obama visitACCRA, Ghana — Authorities in Ghana say they will deploy more than 10,000 police in this West African nation to boost security for President Barack Obama's weekend visit. Assistant police commissioner Daniel Avorga told The Associated Press the security forces would be deployed in both the capital, Accra, and the town of Cape Coast, where Obama and his family will visit a former British fort once used to ship slaves to the Americas.

July 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama's first trip to Sub-Saharan Africa won't include a stop in his father's Kenyan homeland because the violence-plagued country's leaders "do not seem to be moving into a permanent reconciliation that would allow the country to move forward." Obama will make a stop in Ghana next week at the end of a trip to Russia and Italy. In an interview with allafrica.com, President Obama said he chose to visit Ghana because the country "has now undergone a couple of successful elections in which power was transferred peacefully." Fox News quoted Obama, as saying that he intends to highlight the idea that "countries that are governed well, that are stable, where leadership recognizes that they are accountable to the people, have a track record of producing results for the people." Obama went on to say "there is a practical, pragmatic consequence to political instability and corruption when it comes to whether people can feed their families and educate their children." The United States' first African-American president has only invited two African leaders to the White House so far: Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete and Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai.

June 1st, 2009 NEW YORK - U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle made their first visit to New York City on Saturday to enjoy a Broadway play, and received standing ovation from the audience before the show started.

May 31st, 2009 WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama flew via Air Force One to New York Saturday evening for a "date" to take in dinner and a play. They helicoptered from Kennedy International Airport to Lower Manhattan, continuing via presidential motorcade to the Washington Square Park neighbourhood.