Photos: Obama in South Africa

A man wears a T-shirt with a portrait of US President Barack Obama outside the Medi-Clinic Heart Hospital where former South African President Nelson Mandela is being treated in Pretoria

Marine One, with US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama on board, flies over Pretoria, as Obama arrives to meet South African President Jacob Zuma

Protesters gather outside Johannesburg University in Soweto in advance of President Barack Obama's meeting with students in Johannesburg, South Africa

A man walks past a wall with messages for former South African President Nelson Mandela and bearing a portrait of US President Barak Obama outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where Mandela is hospitalized in Pretoria

Helicopters including Marine One sit on the grass in front of the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa

Protesters scuffle with police outside Johannesburg University in Soweto in advance of Barack Obama's meeting with students later today in Johannesburg, South Africa. This is Obama's first official visit to South Africa, and he is holding bilateral meetings with President Jacob Zuma, and also meeting with students in Soweto Township. During his tour the president will also visit Robben Island, where former President Nelson Mandela spent some of his 27 years in prison for fighting against apartheid

An official South African government-issued photo of South African President Jacob Zuma and his wife Tobeka Zuma standing alongside US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama as they wave to onlookers outside the Union Buildings in Pretoria

Protesters gather on wasteland outside Johannesburg University in Soweto in advance of President Barack Obama's meeting with students in Johannesburg, South Africa

US President Barack Obama and South African President Jacob Zuma give a press conference at the Union Building in Pretoria, South Africa. Zuma welcomed Barack Obama to South Africa, saying the first black US president carried with him the dreams of millions of Africans. During a landmark visit which has been overshadowed by Nelson Mandela's failing health, Zuma said Mandela and Obama were 'bound by history' as the first black leaders of their respective nations

Police use stun grenades in an attempt to disperse protesters outside the University of Johannesburg in Soweto, ahead of a visit by US President Barack Obama

President Obama after a town-hall-style meeting on Saturday in Johannesburg, in his first visit to South Africa as president. 

 

 

 

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