Agencies
Johannesburg: Michelle Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia are leaving Sunday for Africa, where they will promote girls’ education in Liberia and Morocco before going to Spain. Their first stop is Liberia, where the first lady will meet with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and speak with local teenage girls, moderated by actress Freida Pinto. The recent Ebola outbreak in Liberia created even more challenges for girls’ education in the West African country, where just one-third of girls are enrolled in secondary education. Actress Meryl Streep then will accompany Mrs Obama in Marrakech, Morocco, for another conversation with adolescent girls. In Madrid, the first lady will discuss the Let Girls Learn initiative, launched last year to encourage developing nations to educate girls worldwide.
