democracy in africa.s made that a very important point as he's choosing ghana as a site for today's speech. following the speech he's going to be traveling down to cape coast where those fortreses, castles many will call it, are still standing today, places where thousands of slaves were put down into dungeons, many did not survive, those who did were put on boats and sent to countries around the world, america included. let's take a listen now as we see them being seated, getting prepared for the president's speech. all right. we might be having more audio difficulties. >> we want to remind our viewers, that we are working out the audio issues here, not the cleanest audio feed we have had, but we still are getting this thing worked out and want to make sure you don't miss a minute of the president's speech expected in a matter of minutes. you are looking at a live picture. we have been able to get the picture again. kind of some satellite issue, not the best picture either, but we are working through som

why is africa allow that? because that is really wasting your resource and you can only serve 35 percent. this is a 5 percent is a big waste because of the technology and lack of knowledge, because of lack of experience and navy also because of lack of capital so even as i tried to help these african heads of states to be and noble thing of saving the forest and even though they are saying we want to manage his sustainable way of in there for one to allow a certain amount of harnessing but who are not going to have a compromise for it so these are the areas where an think g20 and all those who are partners in africa should help so that the technology is made available, made it affordable so that the african people can at night to their products and take products in the market with enough money for them to support to their development. instead of going there and taking their resources, putting 35% to raise and then telling them i thank you need a loan from being to be able to develop. >> and that is another thi

but here we were in africa. we had managed to get rid of the colonial masters and here we have our own government and it was our own people now who are violating our rights, who are denying the very rights that had made us fight colonialism to begin with. and for me i was encouraged by what i saw in america and i knew there was no excuse whatsoever and so i joined the pro-democracy movement that was coming from many different angles. it was coming from the teachers, it was coming from the civil rights movements, from human rights organizations at the time they were being formed, it was coming from people like us in the environmental movement and who we are seeing, what we are calling environmental rights being violated, and for me the most important thing is that there was absolutely no excuse, and that has continued to be my flagship that there is no reason why the african leadership have field in providing their civil rights to their own people, denying their own people the basic rights that the colonial gover

why does africa allow that? because that is wasting your resource when you can only sell 35%. 65% is a big waste because of technology, because of lack of knowledge, because of lack of experience, maybe also lack of capital. so even as i try to help these african heads of states to do a noble thing observing the forest and even though they are saying we want to manage it in a sustainable way therefore we want to allow a certain amount of harvesting of timber but at that rate we are not going to have so these are the areas i think of fudgy 20 and -- the g20, it made affordable so the african people can add value to their product and take products in the market that make enough money for them to support their development agenda and said it going, taking their resources, putting 65% of the resources to waste and then telling them i think you need a loan from me to be about to develop. >> host: that's another thing you talk about in the book, "the challenge for africa," this issue of multilateral and bilateral loans

obama first presidential trip to sub-saharan africa. the president believes it's a sitting privilege. >> want to look at africa, pointing at good government. i presume economic development. >> reporter: when it comes to africa, mr. obama may have a tough act to follow. the predecessor, george w. bush who visited ghana in february of last year, poured billions of dollars into the conflict and his aids relief fund has won praise. and the clinton clinton forced to boost trade with some african countries choosing ghana as the country from which he's expected to outline his african policy, it's believed mr. obama is trying to send a message under his leadership investment and aid will be linked to good governance. beside its history of peaceful transfers of power, ghana also has strong and vibrant pillars of democracy, like the importance of institutions in ensuring accountability on the continent that president obama is likely to highlight during his visit. >> a quality statement with opportunities. then what? >> i think it's a great opport

a large part of a challenge for africa is really putting this talent on the leadership for africa and the leadership is not just the present -- president and not just the leaders but the religious leaders to play in a broad role and who are very much influential in the transformation of society especially during the colonial time. playing in a row and the postcolonial periods. this leadership and is to understand, first of all, the issues and it stopped the blame game and start to understand the issues and seek solutions. let us plan colonialism i say. four years down the road, 30 years down the road, how long are you going to blame colonialism. these issues, studied them, understand them, appreciate that they cannot be done in a flash. and is a longtime commitment, it is a holistic commitment and it has to be done with a full engagement of the african community and people. the reason why the african leadership is very important is because the leadership is comprised of a very specialized elite. most of whom steady in the western countries and so they bring back not only the knowledge

but of all of the countries in africa, i think south africa has a good chance of seeing itself through it. >> yaw nyarko, a pleasure. >> thank you, too. >>> tonight, we want to bring you another example of our new feature, "how they see it." the mistreatment of prisoners at abu ghraib has long since faded from the headlines here. but today, al jazeera english featured what it called an exclusive. an interview with a man it identified as a former detainee who says he witnessed torture there. when you watch this report, think about its effect on how the united states is viewed around the world. al jazeera english told us it is being broadcast in more than 100 countries and more than 150 million households around the globe. mowsab jahsim reports. >> reporter: these are far more than disturbing images, they are memories. >> translator: the moment we arrived, a female soldier told us to take off our clothes. we were forced to be naked. it was winter. they dressed in orange jump suits. >> reporter: mahmoud, a television cameraman, was on his way to work when he was stopped here at a u.s. che

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, egypt is not white africa and nonblack africa or black africa or white africa, egypt is africa. and the previous guest on your show should have acknowledged that and i hope that he's not teaching that at an american university or any university, and he should have been known that and don't do that. and back to the topic. the wiretapping and all of that should be handled by the president in the same way as all previous presidents have handled wiretapping and we should have the right to not be infringed on our rights and our privacy. >> joshua now on the republicans line from akron, ohio, good morning, joshua. caller: good morning. how are you today? >> fine, thank you. what do you think about wiretaps and how the new administration should handle them? caller: well, i think it's a very precarious situation. i think that it's obviously got to be done for our national security, however, i think that our government needs to distinguish a little better those that have criminal intent and those of us that, you know, are just using the phone lines and whatnot for personal use. i think t

this was his first visit to sub-saharan africa as a u.s. leader. he has been to africa before. first as u.s. leader and the first by an african-american president. our white house correspondent is traveling with the president. what is the latest? >> tom, really the plaintiff getting an incredible welcome here in accra, ghana. this is one of the countries on the continent of africa, the favorite of administrations. i was here with president clinton visited he brought free trade. here during the bush visit. it is fair to say this president, president obama has really brought inspiration to the people here in this country and to the continent of africa. you talk to the people of ghana and they talk about welcoming home a son, a brother, someone who they feel is really a part of the family. we heard the president earlier today talking good governance and responsibility, coming along with that, praising the ghanan people and their government and stability here. saw a moving moment, first family gathered to take a tour of cape coast castle. 75 miles west of accra. this is where about

will help africa, obama said, but government across africa must shape up, too. abc's jake tapper is traveling with the president and he's in ghana tonight. jake, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, david. that's right. a day of real poignant for the president. he visited a memorial to africa's horrible past and because of his unique position, talking to africa leaders about their future. this evening as he left ghana where he was received like a king, president obama reflected on one of the most poignant moment of his brief stops here. a visit to the cape coast castle, a port where africans were once shackled, sold and sent away in the transatlantic slave trade. >> i'll never forget the image of my two young daughters, walking through those doors of no return but then walking back through those doors of return. >> reporter: it meant a lot ot he president, a source close to him told abc news, to teach what happened there to his daughters, the descendents of slaves from south carolina, through first lady michelle obama. and after their tour he said the visit

but president bush is very highly regarded in many parts of africa for his help to africa. now, there are people there who have many of the same policy issues with president bush's foreign policy that others do, but on that front, he's very highly regarded. and in that way, he's raised a very high bar for president obama. i think it's one of the reasons you're seeing this pledge from president obama to say that the united states will be worth -- will be withghana and other countries in africa to move forward, because the u.s. has started down a very significant road towards trying to help out places like ghana where democracy works, even they had a lot of difficulties over the years. suzanne malveaux is traveling with the president in ghana. suzanne, is there a sense, as you travel with the president, of being aware of this steady march of recent presidents to help africa more, that he needs to follow-up on that? >> well, sure. and one of the things that's interesting here, as i had the opportunity to actually travel with president clinton and bush when they came to accra,

as i said earlier, africa's future is up to africa.frica are ready to claim that future. and in my country, african-americans, including so many recent immigrants, thrive in every sector of society, have done so despite a difficult past and we draw strength from our african heritage which constitutions and strong wills, africans can live their dreams in it nairo nairobi... and right here in accra. you know, 52 years ago, the eyes of the world were on gha ghana. and the young preacher traveled here to accra to watch and the flag go up. this was before the march on washington, when the civil rights movement in my country. dr. king was asked how he felt while watching the birth of a nation. and he said it renews my conviction in the ultimate triumph justice. now that trial triumph must be won once more and it must be won by you. and i am speaking to the young people all across africa and right here in ghana. in places like ghana, young people make up over the population and here is what you must know. the world will be what you make of it

but of all of the countes in africa, i think sth africa has good chancef seeing itself thugh it. >> yaw nyarko, a pasure. >> thankou, too. >>> tonightwe want to bring you another examplef our new featur "how they see it." the miseatment of prisoners at abu ghraibas long since faded om the headlines here. but today, al jazeera enish featured whait called an exusive. an intervi with a man it identified as a formeretainee who sayse witnessed torture there. when you watch th report, think about its effect on ho the united states iviewed world. alazeera english told us it is being broaast in more than 100 countries and more than 0 million househds around the gle. mowsabahsim reports. >> reporter: tse are far mor than disturbiimages, they are memies. >> translator: the momt we arrived a fele soldier told us to ke off our clothes. we were forced tobe naked. it was winte they dresse in orange jump suits. >> reporter: mahmo, a telision cameraman was on his way to wk when he wasstopped here at a u.s. checkpoint . >> tnslator: we were wearing press badges. i had aatellite phone and a came. the sol

after all, have the blood of africa within me.y family's storyncompasses both the tradies andtriums of the larger aan sty. some of you know mygrandfather was a cook for the britishin kenya and a respected elder in his village. his employers called him "boy" for much ofis life. he was on theeriphery of kenya's liberatn struggles but he was still impsoned during reprsive mes. in his life colonialism wa't simplyhe creation ofunnatural borders or fair terms of trade. it was somhing expienced personally, day afteday, year afteyear. my father grew up herdg goats a tinyvillage, an impossible distance awayrom themerican universities where he could come to get aneducation. he came of age at a moment of extraordinary promise for africa. people ihis own fathes generation werging birth to new nations right here in ghana. africans were educating and asserting themselves in new ways, and history was on the mo move. but despite the progress that has been de, and there has been considerablprogre in many parts of africa, we also know that much of

africa command. and i think that we started in germany more because, and this is my opinion, more because we sort of took a rib out of the side of european command to stand up africa command. >> in terms of the equipment and the people are going to be largely coming from ucom? >> initially, some of the first people to help stand up african command were from european command. and they were there, they had buildings, so i think that was why we stood it up at germany. now, when you listen to general ward, he does not say that he wants to move his headquarters to the continent. in fact, when he talks to our ambassadors in the various embassies on the continent, they will say, hey, listen. put your people here in the embassy, and that will only enhance the partnership that we have. so that's what he is looking at doing. and i was just going to bring up, there are some minor exceptions. for example, as you probably know, the african union is steadily increasing its influence and its role on the continent.

in doing these tests in africa is challenging.requires sophisticated laboratories usually only found in big cities and a long way from the villages where most people live. now the results of africa's largest ever hiv/aids clinical trial shows that these three teen chess have very little benefit for patience -- these routine tests have very little benefit for patients. they found some tests had only a small benefit but others had none at all. doctors say that they will make it more cheap and simple to get treatments in village clinics across africa rather than making people travel to laboratories. >> we are providing good support. we are able to provide treatment for many more people close to where they lived. >> in which case, christine may soon no longer have to make this long walk home. she called her baby "child born after his father's death." the only hope for some people is to get the medicine to their village which would now be much easier. >> helping the people of africa to help themselves was the theme of president obama a

he talked a lot about democracy and the fact africa is responsible for africa but the u.s. is ready to support and lend a hand. >> reporter: you know, betty, you're absolutely right. this is one of those countries that has a stable democracy, and something that is really attracted presidents from the united states. both trips when we saw president clinton back in 1998 offering a trade and opening up trade to this country. president bush just a couple of years ago when he offered aid to help combat malaria and aids, and it is arguably that the thing that president obama is bringing here, what he talked a lot of today, is inspiration. that people feel that schae part of the family that they call him their son, they say, welcome home. you see the signs throughout the country. what the president's message today was that africans, they're future, they're responsible for their own future, for their own government. that this is a model of democracy here in ghana, but the message going much farther than this country, but really to much of the rest of the continent. particularly to

for wauvg i'm martin seemungal in south africa. >>> final lie tonight. two stories from britain that caught our attention this weekend. stories strikingly different but that both somehow speak to our efforts, always ultimately unsuccessful, to defy the limits of age. the first is from our partners at itn, is about the passing of henry allingham. one of the few surviving veterans of world war i, who was said to be the world's oldest man. >> reporter: the year that henry alli allingham was born. and steered england to what was then yet another series win of australia in the ashes. he died earlier morning in his sleep having lived for 113 years and 14 days. as a child he watched the ldiers return from the cold war. he lived through the spanish flu pandemic. he was in his 30s when penicillin was discovered. and when the wall street crash happened. '65 when east germany started to burn the berlin wall and he was 73 years old at the time of the moon landings. margaret thatcher was the 17th prime minister elected in his lifetime and by the attacks of september

from the valleto the north african deserts, from the western asts to south africa's crops, africa's natural gifts can generate its own power while exportg clean energy abroad. these ste are about more than growth numbers on a balance sheet. they're about whether a youn a job that suor afamily.can get a farmer can transfer their goods to marke an entrepreneur th a goo idea can start a business. it aut the dignity of work. it's about oprtunity that must exist forfricans in the 21st century. now, just a governan is vital to opportunit it's so iticalo the third area i want to talk a -- strengthening public health. in recent years enormous progress has beemade in parts of africa. more peoe are living productively with hiv/aids and getting e drugs they need. i just saw a wonderful clinic, a hospital that is focused particarly on matern healt but too many still die from disees. when children are being killed because of mosquito and mothers are dyi in child rth, then know th more progress must be made. yet because of incentives provided b donor nations, many african doctors and nurses go ovseas or

funny, i went to africa and called it a journey to africa. it is life culture. don't you think?it really is, don. when i was a kid the only thing i knew about africa was sort of "roots" and "tarzan" movies, and what i found in my trip to africa was that the africans had only seen us through the lens of media, sort of the huxtables and music videos and so on. a cultural distortion there, and it's like once you can get past that, there is an amazing connection that can be made. >> when you see the president there, we saw the president's speech in cairo and what that did for folks in that part of the world, and now you see him in africa. not only for africans being seen on the world stage like that, but what do you think it means for african-americans to watch that and witness that? does it help or -- does it help the discussion? does it help race in this country? how we feel about each other? >> well, i think that we're all inharnltly specifically african-americans connected to africa and to see the first african president, african-american president, return to africa is just real

it's the highest of anywhere in south africa. the level of infection is higher than anywhere in south africa. and ironically, the level of denial is higher here than anywhere else. they deny it because of the enormous stigma associated with hiv here. >> it's because people are taking hiv/aids as a shame. not taking it as this is like all other diseases. that's not going to help you. if you talk about aids and you're talking about a monster. i think that's the problem. >> reporter: people don't talk about it. don't admit to it. and so go on infecting each other. >> reporter: father at the hospice sees the road of denial every day, the aids patients. many too far advanced for treatment. he says he pushes people to get tested and to use condoms, but rarely succeeds. >> people say i only have half of the fun if i'm using a condom and preaching to people to abstain from sexual activity, you've just lost it if you bring up such a thing. >> reporter: the impact here in south africa and in a number of other southern african countries has

in africa. and no other country than ghana. so i'm happy, i'm happy that one of our own is visiting us. >> reporter: ghana's former president explains why president obama is choosing to visit ghana over many other african countries. >> he's coming to ghana as a beacon of good governance of democratic practice and that he wants to come here as to encourage other countries in africa to go in the direction of ghana. >> reporter: in 2008 millions of ghanians voted in a bid in a bitterly president election followed by a runoff. not the sort of postelection violence as accustomed to seeing in africa. the ruling party gracefully conceded defeat to the opposition. west africa's abdance of natural resources and the recent discovery of oil here in ghana is also thought to be a factor behind president obama's trip. and another worry for washington, the growing influence of islamic extremist groups including al qaeda in the horn of africa. when president obama takes to conference center on saturday many will be expecting to hear about a ne

where in africa.gured, like most, she figured her ancestry, like that of most black americans, could never be known. that it would forever be a closed door. >> we need and we should have a right to know where we come from, as african-americans who are descendants of slaves in the united states of america. we should know. >> reporter: now, dna is unlocking that door. proponents say genetic tests can trace the genetic ancestry of african-americans all the way to africa. kalimah johnson took a test last fall. >> i opened it. it said you are a 100% match with the acan people in ghana. i jumped up and down for joy. and started crying. >> reporter: many people feel compelled to visit ghana after they get the test results. kalimah flew to ghana last week. >> i wanted to see the land. i wanted to feel the air. i wanted to smell the grass. i wanted to experience this land as my ancestor experienced it, who i descended from. >> reporter: this is one of the most popular destinations in ghana, the el mina castle

in east africa, kenya. critics say bribery is a cancer that impacts every level of life. >>> and a cell phone scandal. from great britain the story of how one big news operation is in a lot of hot water over allegedly hacking into the voicemail of celebrity cell phones. >>> good evening. i'm martin savidge. we're going to begin here tonight with that meeting of world leaders in italy -- the so-called g-8. for one thing, they agreed to put more pressure on iran to compromise on its nuclear program. they also condemned iran's crackdown on dissent, which, by the way, continued today. but the g-8 found themselves in sharp disagreement with leaders of some of the major developing countries who also attended that meeting. the issue -- climate change and how far to go in fighting it. the developing countries want more nancial help from the g-8 to help them c greenhouse emissions. and they nt a plan that takes into account their need to grow, especially during this global recession. in tonight's lead focus, we go t

thpresidenthen meets with the pope and heads for africa. in antication of the presidens trip, residents ghna are thrled to host the first official visit by the first african-american president. >>they can turn a two-hour drive into l-day wait. now, israel has remoed 140 them tonight, a look at what that means for palestinian binesses and isrli security. >> and on our weekly rndtable tonight, nikita crucev's daughter you won't have say aut what she had to say abt russia's president dmitry medvev. >>> from th world's leading repters an analysts this is "worldfocus." made possible, ipart, by the foowing funders -- >>> od evening. i'm rtin savidge. aseaders of the world's major industalized countries andat their summit meeting in italy prsident obama challenged his counrparts do much more to help delop nations to del with hunger d he succeeded getting them to mmit to $2 bilon to the effort. the president tol a news conference how he understood hung in very personalerms. saying that he had learned lessons from family members still livg in nya, h

the leadership of south africa's new government.if you will meet with the president and to also meet with south africa's new foreign minister of. and this will give us an opportunity to talk with south african leaders about issues such as zimbabwe and hiv/aids. the united states and south africa have much in common. the secretary will use this to strengthen an important relationship in south africa with a country which is the engine when of the region's growth. from south africa and the secretary will move on to engeljohn. in goal is one of the largest energy producers in sub-saharan africa and is a major supplier of both petroleum in the lng to the u.s. market. the secretary who will meet with president santos and she will also renewed her acquaintance with the angolan foreign minister with whom she met here at washington approximately a month is the desire to strengthen that relationship with one of south africa's emerging countries, and country which has enormous economic potential. from angola the secretary will move on to the d

obama's visit to sub-saharan africa as president.he president praised the country for choosing constitutional rule over dictatorship. and called on other african countries to reject tribal warfare, embrace reform and improve human rights record too. >> it is never justified, never justifiable to target innocents in the name of ideology. it is death sentence of a society to force children to kill in wars. it is the ultimate mark of criminality and cowardice. we must bear witness to the value of every child in darfur and the dignity of every woman in the continent, ♪ ♪ -- no faith or culture should condone the outrages against them. all of us must strive for the peace and progress. >>> back in d.c. demonstrators are converging on the streets of washington in support of protestors in iran. the demonstrators, many iranian americans are calling on the white house to reject the re-election of mahmoud ahmadinejad. they say the results were rigged. they're demanding a new election supervised by the united nations. >>> new information expecte

africa and issued related to africa really are not something that we have heard a lot from this white house about in its very short time since president obama took office. is it thought that this president is now going to start talking more about africa, more about issues related to africa, ways for the various african nations to become more a part of the world stage, as a result of this trip? >> rick, i don't think that is going to become as focused. he has a lot on his plate right now. he has a supreme court nomination to get through the senate, a healthcare refox that is, a healthcare reform that is going to occupy a tremendous amount of his time this summer, and of course an economy that is just not producing jobs as quickly as the president would like, and his aides suggested this is tremendously expensive economic stimulus that he signed. >> there they are, wendell. sorry to interrupt you. there is the obama family stepping now off of air force i. the president, the first lady, the president and first lady's daughters, sasha and malia along with them for this trip. they were the

future is up to africa. i say this full well knowing the tragic past that haunts this part of the world. i have the blood of africa within me. and my family's -- my family's own story encompasses both the tragedies and triumphs of the larger african story. >> tote's visit to ghana is president obama's first trip to sub-saharan africa since he entered the white house. >>> families may have to wait several days to visit loved ones buried at an illinois cemetery because the grounds have been declared a crime scene. hundreds of bodies at the cemetery were allegedly dug up and dumped in a scheme to resell burial plots. cook county sheriff, tom dart, says he has received thousands of complaints about the scheme. half of which involving headstones. >> our goal is, to reopen the cemetery shortly. we're hoping in five days or so, we'll be able to have our hands around this better, where we can identify certain sections where we don't believe there is a crime scene and we'll be allowing people in. >> four former worke

a speech this morning he praised africa's chief but says the conflict is a mill stone around africa's neck and said much of the promise of africa has not yet been fulfilled. >> we must start from the simple premise that africa's future is up to africans. i say this knowing full well the tragic past that sometimes haunted this part of the world. after all, i have the blood of africa within me and my family's own story encompasses both the tragedies and triumphs of the larger african story. >> the obama family toured a former prison used in the slave trades. the president called the visit moving and important for his daughters to see. >>> president obama says the recently passed stimulus bill wasn't meant to restore the economy to full health, but to give it a boost. in his weekly address, critics calling the recovery act to failure haven't offered a plausible alternative. he said without the legislation the economy would be in much worse condition. >> in a little over 100 days, this recovery act worked as intended. it's already extended unemployment insurance and health insurance to th

the government is widely seen as one of the most efficient and honest ones in africa. for tune magazine published an article recently called "why we love rwanda." he said his goal was to have his country stop receiving foreign aid all together. but before he could receive financial success, rwanda had to achieve social stability. as a writer points out, rwanda is unique in the post-conflict countries. the jews left for israel, and the groups split up geographically. in cambodia, the group that promoted the violence was easily identifiable and could be separated. in rwanda, however, the killers and the victims live now side by side in every village and every community. imagine nazis and jews living next door to one another throughout the country. the only way to make peace in rwanda was to reintegrate these communities, and kagame came up with a solution using routines called chawacha. it made for a fascinating experiment which seems to be working. we'll talk with him about how he did this and about some of the controversy that surrounds his presidency. >>> later a deba

a rare combination in africa. and he says, a model for others. >> ghana has now undergone a couple of successful elections, in which power was transferred peacefully. even in a very close election. >> reporter: it's not asf an american president hasn't been here before or even recently. president bush was here just last year. and whcan forget the crushing crowd that greeted president clinton during his 1998 visit? but obama's brief visit, not even 24 hours on the ground, is special. >> it's a very genuine outpouring of affection towards the president. we can't do away with the idea that we feel he's one of us. >> reporter: about the only sour note, there are no events open to the general public. very few have the opportunity to see obama in person. a huge disappointment for many in this tiny african country. the white house is not saying why there are no public events. but security has got to be a concern in that clnts visit back in 1998, there were huge crowds. but they bordered at times on the chaotic. you think

why is africa so screwed up? >> it is screwed up. >>> in speaking with paul kagame, the president of rwanda, the one thing that struck me was his continued reliance on the idea of self-reliance, on the idea that his people, his community, needed to stand by itself. this comes perhaps from the fact that his people felt let down by the international community, by the united states, by the western general when they most needed intervention. he has a fairly skeptical view of outside intervention or outside offers to help, wehther it involves foreign aid, the u.n. in its involvement, and the court. he is skeptical of the international criminal court to indict the president of sudan over the genocide in darfur. you will listen to his interesting, surprising, sometimes controversial views to on all of this right now. you don't like the international criminal court indictment of bashir and sudan. many look at that and say this is the height of hypocrisy. here is a man who desperately sought international assistance again

future is up to africa. but the true sign of success is not whether we are a source of perpetual aid that helps people scrape by, it's whether we are partners building the capacity for transformational change is a. >> reporter: towards the end, he resurrected familiar rhetoric. >> you can conquer disease, make changes, you can do that. yes, you can. >> reporter: this speech was the last of four major international talks including prague, cairo, moscow and here in ghana that together outline his foreign policy goals. many begd e american president to stay longer. as he left, the president who struggled early in life to find a connection to h own father talked about what this trip meant to him as a father. >> i'll never forget the image of my two young daughters, the descendants of africans and african-americans, walking through those doors of no return but then walking back those doors of return. >> reporter: during this overseas trip, the president found his domestic agenda coming under fire. and that may ex

barack obama is on his way to ghana for his first visit to sub-saharan africa. he brings with him and pledged to -- he brings with him a pledge of $20 billion for food and investment in agriculture. it is not clear how much of the money is used. up to 23 billion is still outstanding from the pledges made four years ago. >> though he is not the real thing but as ghana and gets ready for barack obama, even a plastic model gets the royal treatment. today's presidential visit is something of an reward for a peaceful democratic nation that has been a model for the rest of africa. it is a homecoming for america's first black president. >> he is everything that we have dreamed of. >> i can do anything. >> this is not the first visit by an american president to this area. people were nearly trampled in the crowds that were around president clinton. the vast oil reserves around the coast of ghana will only strengthen american interest. it is democracy not oil that american president barack obama will be highlighting. plenty foreign leaders preached democracy under the ru

tom gibb reports in africa. but doctors say this research should help -- >> doctors say this research should help villagers like christina chan. she got medicine to prevent her and her baby becoming sick with aids. >> it takes me two days to get here. but i do this because i want to be healthy so i look after my children. >> with no treatment available near her village, this will be a regular journey to avoid the fate of her husband, who died of aids three months ago. it was a preventable death. there is still no cure, but anti-retro viral drugs can stop aids from developing. the difficulty in rural africa is that normal aids treatment also requires patients to do regular laboratory blood tests to check the side effects to make sure the medicines are working. in doing these tests in africa is extremely challenging. it requires sophisticated laboratories, usually only found in big cities, and a long way from the villages where most people live. now the results of africa's largest ever hiv aids clinical trial show

will help africa, obama said, and governments across africa must shape up. >> reporter: this evening as he left ghana, where he was received like a king, president obama reflected on one of the most poignant moments of his brief stop here, a visit to the cape coast castle, a port where africans were once shackled, sold, and sent away in the transatlantic slave trade. >> i'll never forget the image of my two young daughters walking through those doors of no return but then walking back through those doors of return. >> reporter: it meant a lot to the president, a source close to him to teach what happened there to his daughters, the descendants of slaves through south carolina through first lady michelle obama. after the tour, the president said the visit represented tragedy and triumph. >> the courage of so many black and white to abolish slavery and ultimately win civil rights for all people, i think,a source of hope. >> reporter: there remains much to yorver come in -- overcome in africa. plm chose ghana because of its embrace of democracy and good governance, an example he wants o

africa policy and the bush administration. you might look in there because in the course of that year-long effort of reviewinged what happened in the bush years and what was likely to happen looking forward in the obama administration, we flagged at that time the notion that there was an argument in favor of renewing -- of the u.s. renewing its commitments in making a priority of rural development and food security as a central feature of u.s. foreign policy engagement with africa and beyond. and in fact, that has turned out to be true. there's several reasons for that. one is simply the logic is that we disengaged in the early 1980's. donors, u.s. and others, disengaged and walked out of this sector. it's now intensively reengaging. the obama administration announced that the g20 summit, the billion dollar 10-year initiative, as secretary clinton is expected to roll out a strategy around that, prior to or around the summit. it's going to be the central subject of discussion, food security, long-term reinvestment in agricultur