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A contestant hoping to become a supermodel is reflected in a mirror while applying make-up during a competition in Kenya's capital Nairobi August 25, 2008. New York's Ford modelling agency scoured remote areas of Kenya hoping to find a potential supermodel and on Thursday selected 15 finalists, including one rural contestant who had never before worn high heels.

COLORS FOR OUR COLOR

A Kenyan cosmetics line is pushing for beauty products that actually suit African women

A Chinese foreman looks on as laborers work

NO VICTIMS, NO HEROES

Africa is changing China as much as China is changing Africa

A school child carries plates on her head at Chishawasha Mission Primary School, 27 km east of the capital Harare, Zimbabwe, November 26, 2017.

These nine charts tell you what’s in store for Africa in 2018

Customs officers stand guard in front of some illegal ivory during destruction in Dongguan, southern Guangdong province, China Monday, Jan. 6, 2014. China destroyed about 6 tons of illegal ivory from its stockpile on Monday, in an unprecedented move wildlife groups say shows growing concern about the black market trade by authorities in the world's biggest market for elephant tusks. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

SAVE THE ELEPHANTS

China’s ban on the sale of ivory is finally going into effect

FOLLOW THE LEADER

Beijing is cultivating the next generation of African elites by training them in China

A girl looks through the replica of a neanderthal skull displayed in the new Neanderthal Museum in the northern town of Krapina February 25, 2010.

"OUT OF AFRICA"

Early humans migrated out of Africa much earlier than we thought

Barbie Savior to the rescue.

GOOD INTENTIONS

A guide on how not to act like a ‘white savior’ while volunteering in Africa

A worker sorts finished clothes inside the Indochine Apparel PLC textile factory in Hawassa Industrial Park in Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples region, Ethiopia November 17, 2017.

Chinese manufacturing may not be moving to Africa all that soon

A day party held at Club Signature in Juba, South Sudan.

South Sudan’s youth cope with war by partying in the day time

Supporters of the ruling Kulmiye party.

Breakaway state Somaliland has elected a former rebel commander as its new president