24 Photos of First Lady Melania Trump’s Trip to Africa

Ginny Montalbano / October 04, 2018

First lady Melania Trump is in Africa on her first solo international trip. The first lady has visited Ghana and Malawi, with plans to visit Kenya and Egypt next before her weeklong trip wraps.

According to a statement put out by her office, she will “focus on maternal and newborn care in hospitals, education for children, the deep culture and history woven into each African country, and how the United States is supporting each country on its journey to self-reliance.”

Here are 23 photos from the trip:

First lady Melania Trump waves to the press while departing Washington, D.C., for a tour of several African countries on Oct. 1. (Photo: Reuters/Carlo Allegri/Newscom)

First lady Melania Trump arrives in Accra, Ghana, as she begins her weeklong tour of several African countries, starting on Oct. 2. (Photo: Reuters/Carlo Allegri/Newscom)

First lady Melania Trump arrives in Accra, Ghana. Rebecca Akufo-Addo, the first lady of the Republic of Ghana and Dr. Emmanuel K. Srofenyoh, a hospital medical director, welcomed her. (Photo: White House Photo by Andrea Hanks/UPI/Newscom)

Trump participates in a welcome ceremony in Ghana. (Photo: White House Photo by Andrea Hanks/UPI/Newscom)

First lady Melania Trump with Ghana’s first lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo in Accra, Ghana. (Photo: White House Photo by Andrea Hanks/UPI/Newscom)

First lady Melania Trump holds a baby during a visit to a hospital in Accra, Ghana, on Oct. 2. (Photo: Reuters/Carlo Allegri/Newscom)

First lady Melania Trump visits the Cape Coast Castle in Ghana on Oct. 3. (Photo: Reuters/Carlo Allegri/Newscom)

First lady Melania Trump lays a wreath during a visit to the Cape Coast Castle in Ghana on Oct. 3. (Photo: Reuters/Carlo Allegri/Newscom)

First lady Melania Trump places a wreath in the male dungeon at the Cape Coast Castle in Ghana. (Photo: White House Photo by Andrea Hanks/UPI/Newscom)

First lady Melania Trump tours the Cape Coast Castle in Ghana. (Photo: White House Photo by Andrea Hanks/UPI/Newscom) (Newscom TagID: upiphotostwo629766.jpg)

First lady Melania Trump meets with Fante chiefs to gain permission to visit Cape Coast Castle in Ghana on Oct. 3. (Photo: Reuters/Carlo Allegri/Newscom)

First lady Melania Trump greets a child during her visit to Cape Coast Castle in Ghana on Oct. 3. (Photo: Carlo Allegri /Reuters/Newscom)

First lady Melania Trump shakes hands in Cape Coast, Ghana. (Photo: White House Photo by Andrea Hanks/UPI/Newscom)

First lady Melania Trump waves in Cape Coast, Ghana. (Photo: Reuters/Carlo Allegri/Newscom)

First lady Melania Trump sits with the Fante chiefs in Ghana. (Photo: Reuters/Carlo Allegri/Newscom)

First lady Melania Trump leaves Ghana for Malawi. (Photo: Reuters/Carlo Allegri/Newscom)

First lady Melania Trump with Malawian first lady Gertrude Maseko. (Photo: Reuters/Carlo Allegri)

First lady Melania Trump is greeted after arriving in Malawi on Oct. 4. (Photo: Reuters/Carlo Allegri/Newscom)

First lady Melania Trump visits a school in Lilongwe, Malawi. (Photo: Reuters/Carlo Allegri/Newscom)

First lady Melania Trump waves at a school in Lilongwe, Malawi. (Photo: Reuters/Carlo Allegri/Newscom)

First lady Melania Trump visits with children at a school in Lilongwe, Malawi. (Photo: Reuters/Carlo Allegri/Newscom)

First lady Melania Trump at the State House in Lilongwe, Malawi. (Photo: Reuters/Carlo Allegri/Newscom)