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    US first lady arrives in Ghana for solo Africa trip

    Mrs. Trump arrived in the West African nation on Tuesday to open her first extended solo international tour. It's also her first visit to Africa.

  • First lady Melania Trump arrives at Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018 (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
    First lady Melania Trump arrives at Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018 (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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  • First lady Melania Trump observes zebras during a safari at Nairobi National Park in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Oct. 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
    First lady Melania Trump observes zebras during a safari at Nairobi National Park in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Oct. 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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  • U.S. 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. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, Pool)
    U.S. 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. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, Pool)
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  • First lady Melania Trump visits a language class with teacher Maureen Masi at Chipala Primary School, in Lilongwe, Malawi, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
    First lady Melania Trump visits a language class with teacher Maureen Masi at Chipala Primary School, in Lilongwe, Malawi, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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  • First lady Melania Trump sits with a students and head teacher Maureen Masi during language class as she visits Chipala Primary School, in Lilongwe, Malawi, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
    First lady Melania Trump sits with a students and head teacher Maureen Masi during language class as she visits Chipala Primary School, in Lilongwe, Malawi, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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  • First lady Melania Trump, second from right, and Osabarimba Kwesi Atta II, the chieftain of the Cape Coast Fante, second from left, and others pose for photographs during a cultural ceremony at the Emintsimadze Palace in Cape Coast, Ghana, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
    First lady Melania Trump, second from right, and Osabarimba Kwesi Atta II, the chieftain of the Cape Coast Fante, second from left, and others pose for photographs during a cultural ceremony at the Emintsimadze Palace in Cape Coast, Ghana, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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  • First lady Melania Trump accepts flowers from flower girl Lillian Naa Adai Sai, 8, as she receives flowers as she arrives at Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018.  (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
    First lady Melania Trump accepts flowers from flower girl Lillian Naa Adai Sai, 8, as she receives flowers as she arrives at Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018.  (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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  • 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.  (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
    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.  (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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  • First lady Melania Trump visits with mothers and their babies at Greater Accra Regional Hospital in Accra, Ghana, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
    First lady Melania Trump visits with mothers and their babies at Greater Accra Regional Hospital in Accra, Ghana, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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  • First lady Melania Trump embraces Lillian Naa Adai Sai, 8, as she receives flowers upon arrives at Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
    First lady Melania Trump embraces Lillian Naa Adai Sai, 8, as she receives flowers upon arrives at Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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  • First lady Melania Trump looks up as she walks through the "Door Of No Return" with Cape Coast Castle museum educator Kwesi Essel-Blankson as she visits Cape Coast Castle in Cape Coast, Ghana, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018.  (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
    First lady Melania Trump looks up as she walks through the "Door Of No Return" with Cape Coast Castle museum educator Kwesi Essel-Blankson as she visits Cape Coast Castle in Cape Coast, Ghana, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018.  (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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  • First lady Melania Trump arrives at Lilongwe International Airport, in Lumbadzi, Malawi, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
    First lady Melania Trump arrives at Lilongwe International Airport, in Lumbadzi, Malawi, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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  • First lady Melania Trump waves to children and others as she visits Chipala Primary School, in Lilongwe, Malawi, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018.  (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
    First lady Melania Trump waves to children and others as she visits Chipala Primary School, in Lilongwe, Malawi, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018.  (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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  • First lady Melania Trump walks with Ghana's first lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo as she arrives at Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
    First lady Melania Trump walks with Ghana's first lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo as she arrives at Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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  • First lady Melania Trump holds a baby as she visits Greater Accra Regional Hospital in Accra, Ghana, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018.  (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
    First lady Melania Trump holds a baby as she visits Greater Accra Regional Hospital in Accra, Ghana, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018.  (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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  • First lady Melania Trump holds a baby as she visits the Nest Orphanage in Limuru, Kenya, Friday, Oct. 5, 2018.(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
    First lady Melania Trump holds a baby as she visits the Nest Orphanage in Limuru, Kenya, Friday, Oct. 5, 2018.(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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  • First lady Melania Trump and Ghana's first lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo watch dancers during an arrival ceremony at Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
    First lady Melania Trump and Ghana's first lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo watch dancers during an arrival ceremony at Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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  • U.S. first lady Melania Trump greets a child during her visit at Cape Coast Castle, Ghana, October 3, 2018. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
    U.S. first lady Melania Trump greets a child during her visit at Cape Coast Castle, Ghana, October 3, 2018. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
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  • First lady Melania Trump is greeted by Malawi first lady Gertrude Maseko and a flower girl as she arrives at Lilongwe International Airport, in Lumbadzi, Malawi, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
    First lady Melania Trump is greeted by Malawi first lady Gertrude Maseko and a flower girl as she arrives at Lilongwe International Airport, in Lumbadzi, Malawi, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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  • First lady Melania Trump tours Cape Coast Castle with Cape Coast Castle museum educator Kwesi Essel-Blankson in Cape Coast, Ghana, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
    First lady Melania Trump tours Cape Coast Castle with Cape Coast Castle museum educator Kwesi Essel-Blankson in Cape Coast, Ghana, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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    US first lady arrives in Ghana for solo Africa trip

    Mrs. Trump arrived in the West African nation on Tuesday to open her first extended solo international tour. It's also her first visit to Africa.

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  • US first lady arrives in Ghana for solo Africa trip
  • First lady Melania Trump arrives at Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018 (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
  • First lady Melania Trump observes zebras during a safari at Nairobi National Park in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Oct. 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
  • U.S. 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. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, Pool)
  • First lady Melania Trump visits a language class with teacher Maureen Masi at Chipala Primary School, in Lilongwe, Malawi, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
  • First lady Melania Trump sits with a students and head teacher Maureen Masi during language class as she visits Chipala Primary School, in Lilongwe, Malawi, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
  • First lady Melania Trump, second from right, and Osabarimba Kwesi Atta II, the chieftain of the Cape Coast Fante, second from left, and others pose for photographs during a cultural ceremony at the Emintsimadze Palace in Cape Coast, Ghana, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
  • First lady Melania Trump accepts flowers from flower girl Lillian Naa Adai Sai, 8, as she receives flowers as she arrives at Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018.  (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
  • 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.  (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
  • First lady Melania Trump visits with mothers and their babies at Greater Accra Regional Hospital in Accra, Ghana, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
  • First lady Melania Trump embraces Lillian Naa Adai Sai, 8, as she receives flowers upon arrives at Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
  • First lady Melania Trump looks up as she walks through the "Door Of No Return" with Cape Coast Castle museum educator Kwesi Essel-Blankson as she visits Cape Coast Castle in Cape Coast, Ghana, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018.  (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
  • First lady Melania Trump arrives at Lilongwe International Airport, in Lumbadzi, Malawi, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
  • First lady Melania Trump waves to children and others as she visits Chipala Primary School, in Lilongwe, Malawi, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018.  (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
  • First lady Melania Trump walks with Ghana's first lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo as she arrives at Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
  • First lady Melania Trump holds a baby as she visits Greater Accra Regional Hospital in Accra, Ghana, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018.  (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
  • First lady Melania Trump holds a baby as she visits the Nest Orphanage in Limuru, Kenya, Friday, Oct. 5, 2018.(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
  • First lady Melania Trump and Ghana's first lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo watch dancers during an arrival ceremony at Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
  • U.S. first lady Melania Trump greets a child during her visit at Cape Coast Castle, Ghana, October 3, 2018. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
  • First lady Melania Trump is greeted by Malawi first lady Gertrude Maseko and a flower girl as she arrives at Lilongwe International Airport, in Lumbadzi, Malawi, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
  • First lady Melania Trump tours Cape Coast Castle with Cape Coast Castle museum educator Kwesi Essel-Blankson in Cape Coast, Ghana, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)