Ghana Market Burns

Mallam Market on Fire!

Smoke billowing from the Mallam market in the early hours of Monday, October 15, 2012.

These scenes were captured around 7am as I drove to the Efua Sutherland Children's Park for the commemoration of Global Handwashing  Day 2012.

The Mallam Market, one of the very patronised markets in Accra, has for years been noted for moderately priced food items and indeed served residents in Accra who live both in close proximity and those from afar.

Ouagadougou's Lady Bikers

Burkina Faso's Bissa Gold Mine

Excavation at the Ibrahim Ouedraogo Pit

I was privileged to be among a 30-member team of West African Journalists to visit the Bissa Gold Mine before its commencement of production and hence its first gold pour, on Wednesday October 3, 2012.

The large expanse of the Ibrahim Ouedroago pit

Ashanti Woman Warrior

Legendary Yaa Asantewaa of Ejisu in the Ashanti Region of Ghana