Karoo: A Changing Landscape

The Karoo desert lies in the Northern Cape in South Africa and is a semi-desert region made up of flat scrublands and grasslands, interrupted by ridges of dolorite rock and conical hills. In such a vast expanse whose physical geography has remained largely unchanged for hundreds of millions of years, it would be a…

ByGeorge PhilipasMay 5, 20150Comments

Conflict Photography South Sudan

Internal Conflict in South Sudan 2014

An SPLA soldier exercises getting ready for military duty early in the morning at the SPLA base at the Star Hotel in Bor. Jonglei State, South Sudan. 2014. An SPLA soldier relaxes next to his gun and ammunition getting ready for military duty early in the morning at the SPLA base at the Star…

ByGeorge PhilipasNovember 7, 20140Comments

Editorial South Africa

South Africa

A child Awareness Campaign at a primary school in Khayelitsha. A Theatre group, sponsored by the NGO the Simelela Centre - a one-stop 24/7 Rape Centre - performs a puppet show in the local Xhosa language to warn of the dangers of friendly approaches by older people – be they a family friend or even relative. …

ByGeorge PhilipasMarch 11, 20140Comments

Editorial Zambia

Zambia

Zambian Elections. 2011 A Patriotic Front supporter in the capital Lusaka holding placards near Soweto Market protesting at the delays in announcing the results of the poll. He is holding his forefinger to his mouth symbolising the Opposition party's main slogan 'Don't Kubeba' meaning 'Don't Tell'. Following allegations that the incumbent party had been trying…

ByGeorge PhilipasNovember 14, 20110Comments

Editorial Somalia

Somalia

Muna Mohamed Ahmed, 18 years old talks incessantly after her recent arrival patient at the Habeeb Public Mental Health Hospital. She has been diagnosed with mania. A week before being admitted she started suffering from insomnia, continuous and incomprehensible speech and started singing and dancing at inappropriate times. She also began to use abusive language…

ByGeorge PhilipasNovember 11, 20110Comments

Conflict Photography Somalia

Everyday life with AMISOM in Mogadishu

Ugandan soldiers (top right) relaxing in a bombed-out structure at the Uruba hotel AMISOM base. Mogadishu, Somalia. 2011 Ugandan soldiers sitting and relaxing in the work-out area at the Uruba Hotel AMISOM base. Mogadishu, Somalia. 2011 A bullet mark in the reinforced bullet-proof window of a Casper-armoured vehicle. In March 2007, the African…

ByGeorge PhilipasNovember 7, 20110Comments

Photography Socio-documentary South Africa

Everyday Life on an African Housing Estate

Nowhere else in the world is the divide between all that is positive and negative with the urban human experience so harshly exposed as it is in the African city space. As cities have continued to expand at an alarming rate that sees no sign of slowing any time soon, governments and local authorities have…

ByGeorge PhilipasNovember 5, 20110Comments

Editorial South Africa

Life after rape – Series

Kim I was sexually abused and raped at a very young age by someone I loved and adored. My whole world fell apart and the only way I knew how to deal with what was happening to me was to push it as far away in my mind as I could. In my early thirty's…

ByGeorge PhilipasAugust 9, 20110Comments

Editorial Somaliland

Somaliland

Elbilenle, a village 20km south of Burco in Togdheer Province. It has not rained for nearly 2 years. All the livestock had to be moved nearly 100km away by lorry and at great expense to keep them alive. Evidence of those that didn't make it litter the plains near the village. The villagers claim…

ByGeorge PhilipasNovember 11, 20100Comments

Editorial Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Orthodox Easter Church service in Lalibela, Ethiopia. Perched 2630 metres high in the Lasta mountains was once the capital of most of what is now Ethiopia over 700 years ago and was the seat of power of the Zagwe Dynasty. This line of rulers are said to have brought stability to the country after a…

ByGeorge PhilipasApril 11, 20100Comments