Some 20,000 music fans were in the Senegal capital of Dakar this weekend for a pop concert aiming to raise awareness of just how big a problem malaria is in Africa. Profits from the event will be used to buy mosquito nets in the fight to defeat one of the continent's biggest killers.
Organised by local star Youssou N'Dour, the show is he first major gathering of some of Africa's most popular musicians actually in Africa.
N'Dour told reporters that it showed Africans were tackling their own problems.
The event, which featured performances from Baaba Maal, Rokia Traore,
Cheb Khaled, Tiken Jah Fakoly, Joey Starr and Seun Kuti, will be broadcast around the world via TV and radio, and will be made available on a DVD.