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Five Great Reads: cocaine nation, a 28-year walk home, and Americans give their verdict on Trump

The Guardian’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Miles Herbert

The Guardian - AU · Oct 16

How Europe’s most wanted cocaine trafficker turned Sierra Leone into the world’s first true narco state

Drawing on dozens of interviews with intelligence and police officers across two continents, a Guardian investigation reveals the murderous cost of our insatiable appetite for cocaine

The Guardian - UK · Oct 14

‘The Fault in Our Stars’ author John Green helped fund a maternity centre in Sierra Leone; 13 babies born in first 24 hours

A new maternity centre named the Paul E. Farmer Maternal Center of Excellence opened in Sierra Leone. This facility was built to improve access to maternal and newborn healthcare in the region. On its first day, it received 27 patients and facilitated the birth of 13 babies. The centre aims…

The Times of India · Oct 13

How a small supplement pill could stop mothers dying during childbirth around world

IN FOCUS: Multiple micronutrient supplements in pregnancy reduce the risk of maternal anaemia, stillbirth and small births – but are only just starting to be rolled out across the countries that need them most. Liz Cookman reports

The Independent UK · Sep 12

‘Habibi, come to Iran’: Tehran mocks Uncle Sam with Minesweeper game post over Strait of Hormuz

Iran’s embassy in Sierra Leone on Thursday challenged the US to “come to Iran” with an animated Minesweeper-style video set over the Strait of Hormuz.

The Times of India · Sep 4

Reported Documents Reveal An Expanding Deportation Campaign. ICE Is Sending Afghans and Latin Americans to Africa.

The deportees were transported aboard three Immigration and Customs Enforcement flights to Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Liberia, Rwanda and Sierra Leone.

International Business Times · Aug 31

US deports another group of migrants to country they have no ties to

The southern African kingdom of Eswatini accepted a fourth group of 11 individuals deported from the United States this week, predominantly from African countries, under a bilateral agreement to temporarily host third-country nationals. The Eswatini government affirmed that the fundamental rights of the migrants would be respected and protected during…

The Independent UK · Jul 9

Migrants deported by US to Sierra Leone risk return to countries where they fear persecution

Asylum seekers deported by the U.S. to Sierra Leone are being told they'll be sent back to their home countries despite legal protections by U.S. courts

The Independent UK · Jun 19

Sierra Leone’s first lady refuses to condemn FGM without ‘reliable data’ on harms

Exclusive: health professionals, survivors and politicians voice concerns in open letter over comments by Fatima Maada Bio, who denies supporting the practice

The Guardian - UK · Jun 17

Who is Dan Jarvis, the ‘steely-eyed messenger of death’ taking on the Ministry of Defence?

The former Parachute Regiment officer has been deployed to Sierra Leone, Iraq and Afghanistan

The Independent UK · Jun 12