President Bush treated like a rock star on African tour

In the week his approval ratings slumped to the lowest level in history for a serving US president - with just 19 per cent of the electorate approving of his actions - George Bush has found an entire continent willing to laud his achievements.

His six-day tour of Africa has seen George W Bush Day proclaimed in Benin, brought tens of thousands of jubilant Tanzanians onto the streets of Dar-es-Salaam and led to a road in Ghana being rechristened the George Bush Motorway.

Bush ended the trip in Liberia, where he met Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the country's president and the first woman to lead an African nation. The US has invested more than $1bn in aid in the country so Bush was greeted like a pop star - perhaps to the chagrin of ex-rocker Bob Geldof who accompanied the president on his African tour - and presented with a ceremonial robe by a Liberian woman (above).

The president later indulged his passion for dancing, when he joined the Liberian leader in an impromptu public boogie after a state dinner in Monrovia. With another six foreign trips planned in his farewell year, Bush may yet have a future as an international superstar.