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Pierre Aubert arrives at Yamoussoukro, now the capital of Ivory Coast, January 24, 1979 StAAG/RBA/Reto Hügin

Aubert with the head of the Nigerian government Olusegun Obasanjo, January 15, 1979 StAAG/RBA/Reto Hügin

Yaoundé, Cameroon, January 20, 1979 StAAG/RBA/Reto Hügin

Mrs Aubert in Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso), January 22, 1979 StAAG/RBA/Reto Hügin

Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso), January 21, 1979 StAAG/RBA/Reto Hügin

Nigeria, January 16, 1979 StAAG/RBA/Reto Hügin

Nigeria, January 15, 1979 StAAG/RBA/Reto Hügin

Ivory Coast, January 24, 1979 StAAG/RBA/Reto Hügin

Cameroon, January 19, 1979 StAAG/RBA/Reto Hügin

Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso), January 23, 1979 StAAG/RBA/Reto Hügin

Interview with the Ivorian head of state Félix Houphouët-Boigny, January 24, 1979 StAAG/RBA/Reto Hügin

Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso), January 21, 1979 StAAG/RBA/Reto Hügin

Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso), January 23, 1979 StAAG/RBA/Reto Hügin

Ivory Coast, January 26, 1979 StAAG/RBA/Reto Hügin

Cameroon, January 19, 1979 StAAG/RBA/Reto Hügin

Nigeria, January 16, 1979 StAAG/RBA/Reto Hügin

Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso), January 21, 1979 StAAG/RBA/Reto Hügin

Cameroon, January 18, 1979 StAAG/RBA/Reto Hügin

Ivory Coast, January 26, 1979 StAAG/RBA/Reto Hügin

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Aubert’s trip to Africa was also a media event. He was followed by a pool of journalists, including Reto Hügin, a photographer for the Swiss magazine Schweizer Illustrierte who documented the voyage.