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USA First Lady Melania Trump in Malawi; visits Chipala school, Lilongwe

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LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-The US First Lady Melania Trump  arrived in the capital  Lilongwe Malawi Thursday afternoon on her solo African trip that has taken her to Ghana and will see her visit other African countries.

The tour, which also takes in Kenya and Egypt, will focus on promoting health and education.
Soon after touch down at Kamuzu International Airport (KIA), Mrs Trump visited one of the primary schools, Chipala at Area 25, then she drove straight to  State house-Kamuzu Palace.
There was heavy presence of the police on the main roads from Airport to State House Via city  centre where roads were not accessible for some hours.
Malawi First Lady Getrude Mutharika returned  welcomed the US First Lady.
The US First Lady Melania is expected to leave the country on Friday morning.
According to Malawi State House official says Mrs Trump was looking forward to seeing how the US can continue working together with Malawi to support a USAid programme that is focused on children’s education.
Many past American first ladies have also made trips to the African continent, including Michelle Obama, Laura Bush and Hillary Clinton.
Melenia Trump’s visit to Africa could be made difficult because of the past actions and words of her husband President Donald Trump reportedly used a vulgar and insulting term to describe African nations.
The US President Trump  has always denied making the comments insisting that its fake news .

Lloyd M’bwana

I’m a Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resource (LUANAR)’s Environmental Science graduate (Malawi) and UK’s ICM Journalism and Media studies scholar. Also University of Malawi (UNIMA) Library Science Scholar. I have been The Malawi Country Manager and duty editor for the Maravi Post since 2019. My duty editor’s job is to ensure that the news is covered properly, that it is delivered on time, and that it is created to the standards set out in the editorial guidelines of the Maravi Post.


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