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Burkina Faso

Danny Glover: Leaving his unhinged Lethal Weapon pal at home, Glover visited the capital, Ouagadougou, as a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF. (2005)

Ghana
Bono: Went to Ghana as part of his six-nation African fact-finding tour. (2006)

Guinea-Bissau
David Beckham: Mr. Posh Spice starred in a charity soccer game with Zinedane "Headbutt Heard Around the World" Zidane to benefit anti-poverty projects in Guinea-Bissau. (2004)

Ivory Coast
Laurence Fishburne: Visited the Ivory Coast as a UNICEF ambassador. (1997)

Liberia
Angelina Jolie: AnJo donated 50 sewing machines to Liberian refugee camp.

Mali
Bono: Traveled to Mali as part of his six-nation African fact-finding tour. (2006)

Morocco
Jerry Bruckheimer: Contestants in his show The Amazing Race (he's executive producer) competed in Morocco by racing like ancient gladiators on chariots and crushing olives with a big wheel. (2006)

Niger
Matthew McConaughey/Penelope Cruz: The "Sexiest Man Alive" and the Ralph Lauren model starred in Sahara, an African road movie that goes through Niger. (2005)

Nigeria
Bruce Willis/Monica Bellucci: This Beauty and the Beast-duo starred in Tears of the Sun, in which special-ops commander Willis rescues Dr. Bellucci from a Nigerian jungle. How do you say "Yippee-ka-yay, motherfucker" in Yoruban? (2003)

Oprah Winfrey: Encouraged her fans to send protest e-mails to the Nigerian ambassador to the U.S. when a Nigerian court sentenced Amina Lawal to death by stoning for allegedly having sex as a divorcée. Nigeria freed Lawal in the wake of international outrage. (2003)

Sierra Leone
Leonardo DiCaprio/Jennifer Connelly: The duo shot Blood Diamond, restarting a PR stir in the diamond industry.

Tunisia
Darth Vader: Four of the Star Wars movies were filmed in the Tunisian section of Tataouine—and Tunisia has since been memorialized in pop-culture history when the name of a planet in the film (and thus the geek Star Wars universe) was dubbed Tatooine (most recent film, Revenge of the Sith, 2005).