Articles in the “africa” category
Posted Monday, 3 weeks ago
A great collection of photos from the Twisted Sifter – the top galleries from 2011. Often the most popular posts on the site, the galleries not only take our readers around the world, but back in time as well. Some galleries even show us the farthest reaching points of the Cosmos and the thriving microscopic world [...]
Posted last year, mid-May
Camel Thorn Trees, Namibia from Nat Geo’s Photo of the Day
Posted 2 years ago, mid-October
“The events of the past few months have left me sorely disappointed in Mr Mugabe.”
Posted 2 years ago, mid-September
Yesterday marked the first birthday of my son Benjamin and it’s been quite a year. Jude and I have gotten accustomed to being parents of a sensitive, humorous, handsome, blond-haired, blue-eyed, head-strong boy. We enjoy almost every minute and it seems like yesterday we were at Boulder Community Hospital at 7:30am watching the shape of [...]
Posted 2 years ago, mid-August
The BBC: Three US amputee veterans have climbed Mt Kilimanjaro, enduring tumbles and sores to reach Africa’s highest peak with only one good leg among them. The veterans – of Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq – hiked to the top of the 5,891m (19,330ft) high Tanzanian mountain in six days to show that disability need not [...]