(Above) LIBERIA Sunshine ladies. In Liberia, women solar engineers assemble, install and maintain solar lamps in their communities. Many villages are not connected to the electrical power grid, much of which was destroyed during the country’s 14-year civil war, which ended in 2003. In 2009, a National Energy Policy set a target of 30-per-cent renewable power generation by the end of 2015. The sunshine ladies, by sharing their knowledge and promoting renewable solar energy, are making their own contribution to these targets. Women currently make up 54 per cent of the labour force in the West African country. Photo: Thomas Dworzak/Magnum
(Above) BURUNDI A protester wears grass around his face to obscure his identity during a protest against President Pierre Nkurunziza’s decision to run for a third term. The unrest, which led to 100,000 people fleeing across the border into Tanzania, began in late April when Nkurunziza announced that he would stand in the June presidential election, despite this violating the constitution and the 2006 peace deal that ended the 13-year civil war. A failed military coup followed the announcement and the opposition then boycotted the elections, which eventually took place on 21 July. Nkurunziza accordingly won comfortably with 69 per cent of the vote. Photo: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters
