Category: Africa

When you think “lion,” you probably think of a fierce animal that you wouldn’t want to meet in a dark alley. Or anywhere, actually. Not unless you have a sincere death wish. I certainly would not go to Africa to watch lions without being armed and having a guide who is also armed by my […]

The World Health Organization is saying that a new plague outbreak is set to last for another six months, with at least 128 deaths reported so far and over 1,300 more infected. We’re not using “plague” lightly, because the disease that is spreading in Madagascar is an even deadlier strain of the Bubonic Plague, the […]

If this article does anything, it’s to prove that there really might be at least ONE Nigerian Prince who exists from all those emails. In a recent raid, the authorities in this location were tipped off to a haggard looking woman whose skin didn’t match her filthy looking clothes. Someone reported her and possibly others […]

There are plenty of people out there who are complaining about the United States, saying that they’re going to go live in Africa instead. Well, this guy got fed up and went off on an epic rant. From FlyHeight: It may seem appealing to leave the country — after all, people aren’t using the term […]

You want to see exotic places around the world, do you? Want to lie on sandy beaches in tropical locales? Sure, sounds like fun. You might even take a souvenir home, like this guy from China did. From the Daily Mail: An unnamed 42-year-old man had an itchy, odd mark on his foot and decided […]

Hope was emaciated, riddled with worms and left to die, until Anja Ringgren Loven gave him another chance at life. From The Daily Mail: A two-year-old Nigerian boy who was found emaciated and riddled with worms after his family left him for dead has made an incredible recovery. A picture of the starving toddler being given a […]

We’re talking about the Third World here, so the well in question isn’t the neat little brick-and-mortar structure with a rope and a pail you’re thinking of, and therefore an elephant getting trapped in it is infinitely more logical than your impression would be. This picture will give you a better idea what we’re talking […]

WOW! This takes a certain breed of hero This is from South Africa, and it’s amazing – but you would think that a cop who stops you to give you a ticket would be suitably distracted by getting shot to let you off. Nope. They take the collection of those traffic fines seriously in Cape […]