Barack Obama's visit to Roben Island cell – in pictures

US president announces $7bn electricity project after family visit Robben Island

Barack Obama has made his first visit to South Africa since becoming US president. He and his family visited Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 18 years, and met members of Mandela's family privately in Johannesburg
Barack Obama in the Robben Island cell where Nelson Mandela spent 18 years of his 27-year prison term Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/AP

The note left by the Obamas in the guest book Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/AP

Obama looks at a computer with youths as he tours the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation youth centre and takes part in a health event in Cape Town Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters

Obama embraces Desmond Tutu Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

The Obamas were escorted to Nelson Mandela's cell by former Robben Island Prison inmate and now tour guide Ahmed Kathrada. Photograph: Iain D. Williams/Reuters