Tag: Africa

First lady Melania Trump pauses for photographs as she visits the historical site of the Giza Pyramids in Giza, near Cairo, Egypt. Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018. First lady Melania Trump is visiting Africa on her first big solo international trip.

Melania Trump says it’s ‘sad’ that some organizations won’t partner with her because of her husband

Caitlin Yilek · October 10, 2018 3:09 pm

First lady Melania Trump arrives at Cairo international airport, Egypt, on Saturday.

Melania Trump: Talk about my actions, not my fashion

Allison Elyse Gualtieri · October 6, 2018 5:55 pm

First lady Melania Trump, with Margaret Kenyatta, Kenya's first lady, pets a baby elephant at the David Sheldrick Elephant & Rhino Orphanage at Nairobi National Park in Nairobi, Kenya.

Melania Trump feeds baby elephants, dances with orphans in Kenya

Caitlin Yilek · October 5, 2018 7:33 pm

First lady Melania Trump feeds a baby elephant milk with a bottle at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust elephant orphanage in Nairobi, Kenya Friday, Oct. 5, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

Melania Trump, Scipio Africanus, and the Secret Service strategy for elephants

Tom Rogan · October 5, 2018 7:06 pm

First lady Melania Trump helps a student as she visits a language class at Chipala Primary School, in Lilongwe, Malawi,, on Thursday.

Melania Trump donates 1.4 million books to Malawi school

Caitlin Yilek · October 4, 2018 7:39 pm

First lady Melania Trump listens to Cape Coast Castle museum educator Kwesi Essel-Blankson during a tour of Cape Coast Castle in Cape Coast, Ghana, on Wednesday. Cape Coast Castle was a "slave castle" used in the trans-Atlantic slave trade. First lady Melania Trump is visiting Africa on her first solo international trip.

‘Very emotional’: Melania Trump visits former slave-holding fort in Ghana

Caitlin Yilek · October 3, 2018 6:05 pm

First lady Melania Trump holds a baby as she visits Greater Accra Regional Hospital in Accra, Ghana, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. The first lady is visiting Africa on her first big solo international trip, aiming to make child well-being the focus of a five-day, four-country tour.

Melania Trump begins Africa trip with a baby in her arms

Caitlin Yilek · October 2, 2018 5:25 pm

First lady Melania Trump is greeted by Ghana's first lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo as she arrives at Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. Mrs. Trump is visiting Africa on her first big solo international trip, aiming to make child well-being the focus of a five-day, four-country tour.

Beltway Confidential

The first lady touched down in Ghana. Here’s why her solo trip to Africa matters

Erin Dunne · October 2, 2018 2:18 pm

First lady Melania Trump speaks during a reception at the United States mission to the United Nations, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018, in New York.

Melania Trump: America is safer when other countries ‘freer and more democratic’

Caitlin Yilek · September 26, 2018 5:19 pm

First lady Melania Trump is seated prior to President Donald Trump's address to the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018 at U.N. headquarters.

Melania Trump reveals which countries she’ll visit on Africa trip

Caitlin Yilek · September 26, 2018 3:19 pm

In this photo taken Sunday, Sept 9, 2018, health workers walk with a boy suspected of having the Ebola virus at an Ebola treatment centre in Beni, Eastern Congo. The current Ebola outbreak in northeastern Congo has become a testing ground with one aid group for the first time treating confirmed Ebola victims in individual biosecure units used in emergencies involving highly infectious diseases.

WHO fears ‘perfect storm’ in Congo’s Ebola outbreak

Kimberly Leonard · September 25, 2018 12:22 pm

This Dec. 15, 2014, file photo shows the State Department as seen in Washington.

State Department confirms death of American diplomat in Madagascar

Joel Gehrke · September 24, 2018 9:25 pm