http://todaytravel.today.msnbc.msn.com – Tom Gubala spotted this lilac-breasted roller in Tanzania while on a safari in late summer 2011. Read more »

http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com – Name a a capital city with chaotic charm, white beaches nearby and stunning architecture? Mogadishu probably isn't first on the list, but NBC's Rohit Kachroo reports from the city. Read more »

http://www.msnbc.msn.com – Johannesburg dates its beginnings to the discovery of gold in 1886. Its downtown, where skyscrapers tower over deep mines, was abandoned by business in recent decades, and squatters turned the office towers into high-rise slums. But now, as the city celebrates its 125th birthday, creative South Africans are seeing gold in warehouses and cheap office space, and they're revitalizing neighborhoods with galleries, museums, shops, studios, clubs and restaurants. Read more »

http://www.msnbc.msn.com – Many people associate vultures with death and decay. But a couple of conservationists in South Africa are trying to show the public what they love and admire about these birds in order to try to save them. Read more »

http://www.msnbc.msn.com – Virunga National Park is inviting tourists on an overnight trek to a spectacular eruption of Mount Nyamulagira in eastern Congo. Read more »