Twelve year old Nkosi Johnson, who became the symbol of the battle against HIV/AIDS in South Africa, was given a hero's burial in Johannesburg on Saturday June 9, 2001 in a funeral attended by thousands of mourners, including the former Zambian president, Kenneth Kaunda.

The who's who of South African music assembled at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg on Thursday, April 5, 2001 for the annual South African Music Awards (SAMA).

They will sell virtually any item that can be moved. Their heads, shoulders and hands serve as showrooms and shelves, displaying their wares. They are found anywhere there is a traffic jam on a major street, and all over towns and cities. Hawkers - boys, girls, men and women - are so prevalent in Nigeria that they have become an integral part of the exchange system. But who are they?

Photographer Rodney Rascona was asked to go to Ethiopia in March 2000 by Food for the Hungry, a non-profit NGO that had been involved in relief and development projects throughout the country for over 15 years. His role was to produce images to communicate the condition of the children and people in the areas affected by the drought emergency.

Thousands of Muslims gathered at Revolution Square in central Ouagadougou on Tuesday 6 March for prayers to celebrate Eid el Kebir or Eid al Adha, also known in West Africa as Tabaski, or la fete du mouton (the Feast of the Sheep).

Every two years, the dusty and hospitable Burkinabe capital, Ouagadougou opens its arms and welcomes film directors, producers and other professionals, as well as enthusiastic film-goers, to Fespaco, the festival of pan-African film and television.

For more than twenty years Ghana has been synonomous with Jerry Rawlings. Most of these photographs will appear in a book called 'Ghana Under Rawlings' by Stanley Felten. The photographs come courtesy of Black Tech Company Ltd, Accra.

AllAfrica's Ofeibea Quist Arcton travelled to southern Guinea early in late January to report on the plight of hundreds of thousands of civilians caught in the crossfire near the borders of Sierra Leone and Liberia. Two weeks later, the newly-appointed United Nations' High Commissioner for Refugees, Ruud Lubbers, described the situation as "the worst refugee crisis in the world".

The Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art opened a permanent showcase for modern African artists Sunday January 7, 2001.

Ghanaians went to the polls on December 7 to end two decades of Jerry John Rawlings' rule. One month later, after a run-off round between the NDC's John Atta Mills and the NPP's John Agyekun Kufuor, the country was watching its new leader being sworn in.