GABON

90fr: this 1989 issue shows villagers playing a traditional game moving stones or beads across a board

CAPE VERDE / Cap Vert

60e: this dramatic 2007 issue shows the eruption of the volcano that dominates the landscape of the Ilha de Fogo, or Fire Island, which last erupted in 1995

CONGO

150fr: this stamp is part of a 1998 series showing traditional wooden masks of different ethnic groups of the Congo; this one is from the Kwele people

COMOROS / Iles Comores

250fr: this historical scene was issued for the anniv. of the landing of Columbus, and shows an imagined first contact between Europeans and Amerindians

BOTSWANA

P6.10: this WWF issue from 2012 shows the S. White Rhinoceros, a species still holding on in this country's well-protected parks and reserves

CAMEROON

100fr: Pineapple production is featured on this 1998 crops issue

GHANA

c100: this issue celebrated IFAD's mission of food security, and shows a traditional village scene and subistence farming

COMOROS / Iles Comores

25fr: 1986 Health Year: medical clinics and services are very important in areas of mostly rural villages such as the islands of the Comoros

Dem. Rep. CONGO / Rep. Dem. du CONGO

150fr: this lovely recent fauna issue shows a pride of lions lapping water from a riverbank, and is a large format issue designed by the Belgian stamp artist Andre' Buzin

CHAD / Tchad

150fr: this 1998 fauna issue shows the nocturnal drama of predator and prey: a bat stalking a mouse

DJIBOUTI

400fr: the Common or Persian Jackal is shown on this 1994 issue, and is a furtive native of savannah, desert and scrubland in the Horn of Africa, often following large carnivores to scavenge carrion

COMOROS / Archipel des Comores

125fr: this 2006 issue celebrates the birth of Leopold Senghor, a modern Senegalese poet and statesman revered across Africa

LESOTHO

60s: this local flora issue shows a wild purple geranium

IVORY COAST / Cote d'Ivoire

400fr: Tourist sites are featured on this 1998 issue, showing the rocks of Ahouakro

GHANA

c200: this lovely design was issued for the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, and shows a leopard resting in a tree's branches

ETHIOPIA / Ethiopie

50c: Ethiopia's Omo National Park is featured on this 1999 issue, showing typical fauna of the region. The lower Omo River area was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1980, being the site of the oldest known fossil remains of Homo sapiens, dating back 195,000 years.

GHANA

c9000: colorful Kente weaving patterns are featured on this stamp design

IVORY COAST / Cote d'Ivoire

150fr: the International Marathon of Abidjan is featured on this colorful 1992 issue, showing the flags of participant country runners