The 26th July 2008 was bound to be a historical day to be remembered even by those who did not attend the much anticipated event; with the crowning of the first ever Mr East Africa UK, the third Miss East Africa UK and the surprise crowning- Miss Kenya UK and it’s all thanks to the [...]

Photo-essay showing the weekly food consumption for several families. The picture is from Chad, showing the Aboubakar family of Breidjing Camp. Their food expenditure for one week: 685 CFA Francs or $1.23, see what other families consume worldwide…

If you don’t do anything else this summer, please pick up a copy of the July 2007 issue of Vanity Fair which is guest edited by Bono and shines the spotlight on Africa using a series of covers photographed by Annie Leibovitz.The covers feature icons like Desmond Tutu, Maya Angelou and Muhammed Ali as well as occupants of the seats of power - Condoleezza Rice, President George Bush, US Senator Barack Obama;royalty Her Majesty Queen Rania of Jordan;major philantropists Bill and Melinda Gates, Warren Buffett, celebrities with a track record of using their stardom to make a difference Oprah Winfrey, Brad Pitt, George Clooney, JayZ, Alicia Keys, Madonna, Chris Rock and native son and daughter of Africa - Djimon Hounsou and Iman as well as Bono himself. …

Photographer Thomas Dworzak shows us The Two Faces of Nigeria in a Photo Essay in a recent edition of Time Magazine called The Oil Money Flows

In a colorful slide show we see photographs which depict parts of the country in raw detail. By the click of mouse we are taken from a casino in Lagos to what could be termed an uninhabitable residence in Ilaje, from a supermarket in Lagos to the gray market in the city where gasoline is sold on the street, from a family out for the day on their boat in Lagos to the heartbreaking shot of a small boy of not more than five years old rowing a canoe solo on a canal in Lagos.