Obama’s visit in Ghana

Residents line up in Accra awaiting President Obama’s motorcade as it headed to Osu Castle, the government headquarters and a former slave trading fort.  (Saul Loeb / AFP/Getty Images)

President Barack Obama stands for the American national anthem before addressing members of Ghana’s Parliament in Accra, the capital. Obama praised democratic gains in parts of the continent and strongly condemned dictators who enrich themselves and orchestrate wars.  (Jim Watson / AFP/Getty Images)

A woman in traditional dress, with ‘welcome” painted on her back, awaits President Obama’s convoy at the Presidential Palace in Ghana. Obama, in his address to Parliament, urged Africans to demand stronger governments to give themselves a better future.  (Rebecca Blackwell / Associated Press)

President Obama speaks at Cape Coast Castle, a former slavery trading outpost on the Ghana coast. For Africa, Obama has called for a “new approach” to dealing with the continent’s democratic and economic back-sliding. Rather than look to the rest of the world, Africans should turn inward, he said. “Africa’s future is up to Africans.”  (Saul Loeb / AFP/Getty Images)

President Obama and daughter Sasha walk through the “Door of No Return” during a tour of Cape Coast Castle, a former slavery outpost in Ghana. At any given three-month period, the castle held 1,000 men and 300 women. The men were confined in groups of 200 per chamber roughly the size of a 30-by-15-foot holding cell before they were shipped to America, the Caribbean and elsewhere.  (Saul Loeb / AFP/Getty Images)

A Ghanaian man wears a shirt depicting President Obama as he waits outside the International Conference Center in Accra where Obama delivered an address. “I have the blood of Africa within me,” the president told Ghanaians.  (Rebecca Blackwell / Associated Press)

People line up to see President Obama’s convoy at the International Conference Center in Accra. Some Africa-watchers were disappointed by his addresses, questioning whether Obama is committed to making the serious problems facing the continent one of his foreign-policy priorities  (Rebecca Blackwell / Associated Press)

A man painted in the colors of the Ghana and U.S. flags walks in the capital, Accra. President Obama was well-received in Ghana but analysts said he offered nothing new. “It was the same things about good-governance and responsibility that we’ve been hearing since the 1980s,” said Kenyan political columnist Barrack Muluka.  (Jane Hahn / EPA)

Ghanaian cheer for President Obama at a departure ceremony at Kotoka International Airport in Accra. His visit was 24 hours long.  (Rebecca Blackwell / Associated Press)

President Obama smiles at dancers as he walks with First Lady Michelle Obama through a line of dancers during a departure ceremony in Accra.  (Jim Watson / AFP/Getty Images)

President Obama takes the stage at a departure ceremony at the airport in Accra. On his brief trip, Obama avoided announcing any new financial pledges or bold initiatives to combat poverty or improve healthcare. Nor did he lay out specific U.S. plans for restoring stability in conflict-prone countries such as Somalia, the Democratic Republic of Congo or Sudan.  (Charles Dharapak / Associated Press)

President Obama shakes hands with well-wishers after delivering his final remarks at a departure ceremony in Accra. He promised the U.S. would support those who “stand up to inhumanity in our midst.”  (Shawn Thew /EPA)