Current category: Africa

Psst.  Fancy sleeping in the same room as American president Barack Obama? Well you can if you head to Kenya...

They've done it!

Chris Moyles was lucky to have made it there and back in one piece as fellow climbers Kimberly Walsh and Cheryl Cole still haven't forgiven him for the nasty comments he made about bandmate Nicola Roberts.  Apparently Kimberly told him she could easily kick him down the mountain if he started. 

Check out the group's videos from the climb on its dedicated youtube channel page at check out the official Red Nose Day Climb website

Finally, our intrepid celebs are scaling the heights of Mount Kilimanjaro, and so far all is well apart from the fragrant Alesha Dixon taking a tumble during a wee break and everyone suffering mountain sickness

You can catch up with their adventures at The Sun's website 

They're climbing it, but can they spell it?

Denise Van Outen and Ben Shepherd in training for the expedition

Africa is set to increase in popularity this year as Gary Barlow and nine celebs scale Mount Kilimanjaro in order to raise money for Comic Relief.

Intrepid Travel sales and marketing manager, Europe, Daniel Pawlyn, said: "There'll be an even bigger rush than usual to book trips which feature Kilimanjaro, so advise clients to get in early."

The full list of celebs include:

• Gary Barlow
• Cheryl Cole
• Fearne Cotton
• Alesha Dixon
• Ronan Keating
• Chris Moyles
• Ben Shepherd
• Gordon Smart (The Sun's 'Bizarre' editor)
• Denise Van Outen
• Kimberley Walsh

Apparently 10-30 people die each year climbing Kilimanjaro; everyone who attempts the climb will suffer substantial discomfort (shortage of breath, hypothermia and headaches) with a substantial number of trekkers abandoning the attempt altogether. 

 

Yeah, where the hell *is* Matt?  Celebsonholiday just came across this rather lovely and heartwarming video in which Matt Harding dances his way around the world (42 countries to be precise) and encourages people to join in.

Aaah, doesn't it warm the cockles of your heart!?. You can also read how it all started at the Where The Hell Is Matt website

Sarah Palin didn't know Africa was a continent, says Fox News chief political correspondent Carl Cameron.

Huffington Post had this to say:

"According to Fox News Chief Political Correspondent Carl Cameron, there was great concern within the McCain campaign that Palin lacked "a degree of knowledgeability necessary to be a running mate, a vice president, a heartbeat away from the presidency," in part because she didn't know which countries were in NAFTA, and she "didn't understand that Africa was a continent, rather than a series, a country just in itself."

Maybe she needs to organise herself a holiday there pronto! She can take John McCain and they can ponder their humiliating defeat at the hands of Barack Obama!  

Check out the full story over at Huffington Post.  There's a video too!

 

Celebs were out in force for last night's Africa Rising! Festival, held at London's Royal Albert Hall.

Yeah, we know it's not a celebrity holiday, but it's an event worth mentioning, what with Christina Aguilera's eye-popping top and vertiginous shoes and Colin Powell's impromptu dance with Nigerian hip hop artist Olu Maintain

Pictures below:

 

Above: Ballet and flamenco dancer Joaquin Cortes

 

Above: Fashion designer Ozwald Boateng and wife Gyunel with children 

 

Above: Model Hofit Golan model (and face of Elizabeth Grant skincare)
with choreographer Brian Friedman 

 

Above: Singer Christina Aguilera sports an eye-popping top...

 

Above: .... and some vertiginous shoes

 

Above: Christina Aguilera headlines in her first UK performance since giving birth

 

 

Above: Seal on stage

 

Above: Youssou N'Dour

 

Above: Models Tyson Beckford and Alek Wek with celebrity jeweller Chris Aire 

 

Above: Colin Powell "gets down" with Olu Maintain

 

The Africa Rising! festival aims to promote positive images of Africa and on find "sustainable solutions" rather than the "problems" facing Africa

The London show marked the end of Africa Rising's four-date international tour, which began in Nigeria.

One of the highlights of the evening was former US Secretary of State Colin Powell performing an impromptu hip hop dance when he climbed onstage with Nigerian group Olu Maintain.

Speaking to the audience, Powell told the audience that Africa, with hard work and foreign investment, could prosper like Asia and Eastern Europe.

He said: "I stand before you as an African American. Many people have said to me you became Secretary of State of the USA, is it still necessary to say that you are an African American or that you are black, and I say yes, so that we can remind our children.

"It took a lot of people struggling to bring me to this point in history. I didn't just drop out of the sky, people came from my continent in chains."

All images: Brian Rasic/Rex Features

Paris Hilton, internet star and celebrity rich kid, is holidaying in South Africa with guitarist boyfriend, Benji Madden.

When asked by reporters what she thought of South Africa, Ms Hilton is alleged to have responded:

"I LOVE Africa in general, South Africa and West Africa. They are both great countries,"

Ye-es. Perhaps it is time Papa Hilton spent some cash on an emergency atlas for his celebutante daughter!