Blair's final visit to Africa

May 29 2007: Tony Blair and his wife Cherie board a flight at Heathrow Airport in London. Mr Blair is on a four-day tour to meet with African leaders as he prepares to stand down as Britain's prime minister on June 27 2007 Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty

May 29 2007: Members of the media gather around as Mr Blair meets with Colonel Gadafy in Sirte, Libya Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty

May 29 2007: Mr Blair embraces Colonel Gadafy after a meeting in Sirte, Libya Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty

May 30 2007: Mr Blair and wife Cherie arrive at Lungi airport in Sierra Leone Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP

May 30 2007: Mr Blair inspects a guard of honour as he arrives in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

May 30 2007: Mr Blair and the Sierra Leone president, Alhaji Tejan Kabbah, pass children on a visit to a school in the village of Mahera near Freetown, Sierra Leone Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/EPA

May 30 2007: Mr Blair sits under a tree during a ceremony to make him an honorary paramount chief of Mahera Village near Freetown, Sierra Leone Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/EPA

May 30 2007: Mr Blair is made an honorary paramount chief in Mahera, Sierra Leone Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP

May 31 2007: Mr Blair speaks during an interview at local community radio station in Soweto, South Africa Photograph: Themba Hadebe/AP

May 31 2007: Mr Blair listens to the Soweto Marimba Group following an interview and phone-in session on Jozi FM, a Soweto-based radio station Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP

May 31 2007: Mr Blair meets former South African president Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg, South Africa Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty

May 31 2007: Mr Blair and former South African president Nelson Mandela hold hands as they talk to the assembled press outside the Nelson Mandela Foundation Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP

June 1 2007: President Thabo Mbeki walks with Mr Blair and his wife Cherie at Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty

June 1 2007: Mr Blair and his wife Cherie meet the South African president, Thabo Mbeki, at the Union Buildings in the South African capital of Pretoria Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA