Niger Juillet 2016. With eight children by woman, Nigeria has the world's highest natality birthrate and is the 6th poorest country in the world. The division of farmlands between the members of always growing up families and the depletion of...

Gambia Niger Libya 2016. Michael Zumstein followed the road taken by thousands of Sub-Saharan migrants as they leave their countries for a long and dangerous journey : from Banjul (Gambia) to the Libyan coast, including Agadez (Niger).

In Ghana, 2016. Michaël Zumstein met the casting of the webserie « An African City ». He followed them in Accra, the capital, in a discovery of their everyday life.

Mali 2015.Over the last two decades, cellphones have ushered in a communications revolution in Africa. The entire country of Mali, for example, has just 120,000 landlines to serve a population of 15 million. But as of 2012 there were enough...

Central African Republic 2014 In Central African Republic, torn appart by the conflict beetween Christians and Muslims, diamonds production decreased sightly. Dispite the dissolution of the Seleka, a muslim coalition opposed to the former president François Bozizé, mining still...

Central African Republic 2014 Central African Republic is currently going through the most acute security and humanitarian crisis of its history since its independence in 1960. The country is facing a wave of murders, forced exodus and unprecedented lootings. War crimes are...

Central African Republic 2013 On the 5th of December 2013, Christian anti-Balaka militiamen came to Bangui to take control over the capital and overthrow transitional President Michel Djotodia, who had come to power in March 2013, after the Seleka's military coup. This attack, and...

Central African Republic 2013 The political crisis in Central African Republic, which occurred further to the overthrow of François Bozizé's regime by the Seleka rebels in March 2013, has turned into a civil war as tensions between Christians and Muslim communities have thrown the...

IVORY COAST 2011 Having already documented such a painful time in Ivory Coast in my previous trips, the “Bons Amis” project is part of a scheme of duty of remembrance where photography will fully act as an historic marker part. Listening, investigating, sharing so that everyone...

LIBERIA 2012 As Charles Taylor awaits sentencing, his ex-wife and Liberia are quietly moving on. Sen. Jewel Howard Taylor pulled open her desk drawer and carefully turned the thin pages of her Bible to Psalm 25, of David, who battled and defeated the giant Goliath. The Bible...

IVORY COAST 2011 One year after the death of five Libyan camels donated by Muammar Gaddafi, Abidjan's Zoo has recently gone through another major blow. Further to the conflicts in April, in Ivory Coast, between the ex-president Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara , the zoo ran out of food...

SENEGAL 2012 On this Senegalese territory stuck between Gambia and Guinea-Bissau, several factions have been leading, over the course of 30 years, a guerilla for independence. A matter that president Macky Sall, intends to resolve urgently.

SENEGAL 2012 Senegal has designated its new president in the person of Macky Sall, whose candidature against Wade was supported by the opposition coalition. Even though Macky Sall used to be Prime Minister of Abdoulaye Wade, he represented for many the only possible alternative to...

MALI 2012 To recover North-Mali which is currently under Islamist's control, militia groups are being put together in Mopti. With the help of the NLF: National Liberation Frontand the Ganda Izo (The Sons of Soil), this militia is under the orders of Moussa Traoré (former...

IVORY COAST 2011 After four months of a political crisis, the confrontation between the internationally recognized president Alassane Ouattara and the outgoing president Laurent Gbagbo almost led the Côte d'Ivoire and Abidjan to civil war. On April, 11th 2011, the fallen president...

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Central African Republic 2014 Central African Republic is currently going through the most acute security and humanitarian crisis of its history since its independence in 1960. The country is facing a wave of murders, forced exodus and unprecedented lootings. War crimes are...

Central African Republic 2014 In Central African Republic, torn appart by the conflict beetween Christians and Muslims, diamonds production decreased sightly. Dispite the dissolution of the Seleka, a muslim coalition opposed to the former president François Bozizé, mining still...

Mali 2015.Over the last two decades, cellphones have ushered in a communications revolution in Africa. The entire country of Mali, for example, has just 120,000 landlines to serve a population of 15 million. But as of 2012 there were enough...

Niger Juillet 2016. With eight children by woman, Nigeria has the world's highest natality birthrate and is the 6th poorest country in the world. The division of farmlands between the members of always growing up families and the depletion of...