President Higgins has begun a 3 week visit to Africa today, where in Ethiopia he attended the National Museum.
Tomorrow, he'll have a series of bi-lateral meetings with the President and Prime Minister of Ethiopia.
He'll also visit a number of programmes operated by Irish Aid Agencies, Trocaire, CONCERN and GOAL.
Coincidentally, a number of Irish people belonging to a small Irish NGO - 'African Direct' heard of his visit and went to see him at his first engagement: