Africa – the forgotten continent?
Generally yes – when there’s no world soccer cup. Generally no – when it comes to exploiting the enormous treasures of the African continent, supported by corrupt government officials and merciless presidents. Child solders finish the rest. Waves of refugees and unimaginable suffering follow. And if by chance that won’t happen, then our industrialized society and climate change cause the next natural disaster.
Monument depicting African Unity on the banks of the river Nile in Khartum. Sudan, 1989
Woman at her farm stand at the market in Kawangare in Nairobi. Kenya, 1989
Sleeping child in its mother’s lab on a journey from Rabat to Tangier. The woman’s hands have been painted with hennah, an old tradition. Morocco, 1996
Church services in Nairobi, Kenya, 1989
Refugees in a camp in Awail. Sudan, 1989
A Hercules transport plane delivers Red Cross supplies in Southern Sudan, 1989
34000 Hutu refugees from Rwanda live at camp Magara guarded by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. Burundi, April 1995
Bus station at General de Gaulle Square in the center of Addis Ababa. Ethiopia, 1995
Charles Taylor with body guards at "Robertson International Airfield" outside Monrovia. Liberia, 1996
Studying a Martin Luther booklet in an office in Freetown. Sierra Leone, 1996
Giraffe at the Nairobi National Park. Kenya, 1995
Women selling bananas in Freetown. Sierra Leone, 1996
Pin wall at the headquarters of Doctors Without Borders in Kampala: passport photos of staff members who’ve been fighting trypanosomiasis (African meningitis) since 1986. Uganda, 2002
Girl in the church of Aaria, after she learned about her trypanosomiasis. Uganda, 2002
Rigorous screening by staff members of Doctors without Borders in Erea at the border to the Sudan, drawing blood samples to determine the cause of trypanosomiasis. Uganda, 2002
Desert train stop: The 3 km (1.86 miles) long mining train stops at the border between Mauritania and Morocco, on its way to Choum. Morocco 1996
Passengers on the open cargo train of the 3km (1.86 miles) long mining train near the border between Mauritania and Morocco. 1996
Refugees, migrating from the country to the city in Gotare District south of Addis Ababa, along south leading train track. Ethiopia, 1995
At the beach in Casablanca. Morocco, 1996
Woman panning gold in the fields of "AmCan Minerals Ltd." near Koidu. Dayly cloud bursts during raining season. Sierra Leone, 1996
Searching for diamonds in the fields of "AmCan Minerals Ltd." near Koidu. Closely supervised, the dust in the sieves is washed and examined for diamonds. Sierra Leone, 1996
City view from the tower of the big mosque in Timbuktu. Mali, 1996
City scene in Timbuktu. Mali, 1996
Donkey herder, leaving Timbuktu with his donkey caravan. Mali, 1996
Rainy season in the Dogon Highlands: old man belonging to the Dogon tribe. Mali, 1996