Photographer Rick D'Elia captures the daily trials of northern Ugandans displaced by a 20-year-old insurgency.

Photographer Sönke Weiss traveled throughout the Congo and southern Africa over the last two years, documenting the lives of women with HIV/Aids.

A small Nigerian community nestled in the rainforest of Cross River state near the Cameroonian border commits itself to preserving the environment in which they live.

Over the course of 13 years of civil war, approxiamtely 340,000 Liberians - or roughly one-tenth of the population - fled their country seeking refuge in other West African nations. Among those who fled are some 4,000 Liberians who live in a refugee camp in Oru, Nigeria.

U.S. Representative Frank Wolf provided AllAfrica with pictures of his journey through the refugee camps and villages of western Darfur in late June 2004.

Award-winning Nigerian photographer Jide Adeniyi-Jones documented his travels through South Africa in the days after the beginning of democracy. He recently revisited his decade-old photographs and selected some for this allAfrica.com photoessay.

The sixth Sullivan gathering of African and African-American leaders and other friends of Africa was held July 12-17, 2003 in Abuja, Nigeria. The theme, Africa - A Continent of Possibilities, evoked the spirit of the late Reverend Leon Sullivan, who believed Africa's problems could be solved by determined and optimistic addressing of the continent's challenges.

Liberia Interim Government Chairman Gyude Bryant came to the United States for a donors' conference on reconstruction and meetings with US officials and groups. He addressed the Council on Foreign Relations, a Sullivan Foundation dinner, and attended an array of diplomatic events and activities.

Tony Award-winning Broadway and film star Savion Glover created "Keeping' Da Phelophepa Train on Track" to support the Phelophepa Health Care Train in South Africa, which provides medical services to rural South Africans beyond the reach of doctors. He performed at a fundraising dinner at the Capitale in New York's Bowery district.

One of the great challenges Africans must overcome as they tackle the Aids pandemic ravaging their continent is awareness. Many people lack even basic knowledge of the disease, how it is transmitted, and how it is treated. A stigma also haunts efforts to prevent and treat the disease, as those with HIV face widespread public fear, scorn, and alienation. Thus Aids education and awareness are particularly important aspects in the battle against the disease.