Africa savours Obama's White House triumph

Barack Obama’s Kenyan family erupted in cheers today, singing “We are going to the White House!” as their relative became the first African-American to be elected US president.

In the western village of Kogelo, where the president-elect’s late father was born, police had to tighten security to prevent hordes of media and others from entering the rural homestead of Mr Obama’s step-grandmother, Sarah.