ACCRA, Ghana: US President Barack Obama has landed in Ghana on his first trip to sub-Saharan Africa since taking office.

US President Barack Obama (2nd L) and first lady Michelle Obama greet Ghana's President John Atta Mills and his wife Ernestina Naadu Mills (L) upon Obama's arrival in Accra, Ghana, July 10, 2009. [Agencies]

He landed soon after 9 pm local time and met a group of dignitaries, led by President John Atta Mills. An ethnic African group danced and banged drums for Obama's arrival.

After traveling to Russia and then Italy for a meeting of major industrial powers, Obama is making the last stop of his overseas trip in Ghana, on Africa's west coast.

Obama will make a speech to lawmakers there and tour an oceanfront fort once used to ship slaves to the Americas.