President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama tour the La General Hospital in Accra on July 11, 2009. The visit marks Obama's first to sub-Saharan Africa as president. Huge crowds lined the streets of Accra hoping to catch a glimpse of the first black U.S. president, the son of an African immigrant, after he arrived from the G-8 summit in Italy.
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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama visit the La General Hospital in Accra, Ghana on Saturday, July 11, 2009.
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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama meet with tribal leaders during a tour of La General Hospital in Accra on July 11, 2009. During a speech to parliament, Obama said, "Africa is not separate from world affairs."
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President Barack Obama addresses the Ghanaian Parliament in Accra, Ghana on Saturday, July 11, 2009. In a nod toward unity, the president said, "What happens here has an impact everywhere."
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Women wearing traditional dresses bearing the image of President Barack Obama chant his name after he addressed the Ghanaian Parliament in Accra, Ghana, on Saturday, July 11, 2009.
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A man supports the president in a unique way while waiting to catch a glimpse of Barack Obama on his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa, in Ghana's capital Accra on July 11, 2009. Obama assured Africa on Saturday that it would not be sidelined from world affairs and hailed democratic Ghana as a model for other African countries.
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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama visit the La General Hospital in Accra, Ghana on Saturday, July 11, 2009.
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President Barack Obama greets a baby as he visits the La General Hospital in Accra on July 11, 2009.
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President Barack Obama chats with his Ghanean counterpart John Atta-Mills on July 11, 2009, during breakfast with first lady Michelle Obama at Osu Castle, the government headquarters and a former slave trading fort, in Accra.
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U.S. President Barack Obama walks with Ghana President John Atta-Mills at the Presidential Palace in Accra, Ghana, on Saturday, July 11, 2009. In his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa since taking office, President Barack Obama is seeking to lift up the continent of his ancestors, while keeping its emotions in check.
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Michelle Obama is greeted as she arrives with President Barack Obama at the airport in Ghana's capital Accra on his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa on July 10, 2009.
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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama arrive in Accra, Ghana, with their daughters Sasha and Malia on Friday, July 10, 2009.
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A vendor holds a button depicting Ghana's President-Elect John Atta-Mills and Barack Obama prior to the ceremony held for the inauguration of Ghana's new president in Accra, Ghana, Wednesday on Jan. 7, 2009. The election of Mills, in the closest vote in Ghana's history, makes the West African nation one of the few African countries to successfully transfer power twice from one legitimately elected leader to another.
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Street vendor Ibrahim Kojo hawks U.S. flags imprinted with President Barack Obama's face, on a street in central Accra, Ghana on Thursday, July 9, 2009. Obama arrived in Ghana late Friday for his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa since taking office.
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