Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore will today begin a five-day visit to east Africa’s poorest communities to see the impact of Irish Aid.

“IF we weren’t here, we would be warriors,” young boys from the Karamajong tribe at Moroto High School explained to Irish Aid workers.

Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin will be seeking closer trade links between Ireland and Africa during a five-day trip to the continent, he said today.

Two rapists have been speared to death on the orders of a traditional court in north-eastern Uganda.