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Portia Crowe @PortiaCrowe

West & Central Africa Correspondent @Reuters. The wedding guest who has travelled the farthest. Ex: 🏔️, Paris, London, NYC, Nairobi, Kumasi, Montreal and more

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Portia Crowe@PortiaCrowe
2 Jan 2024
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I am elated to be joining @Reuters, here in Dakar, as a West and Central Africa correspondent. Hard to overstate how long this has been a dream for me.
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Military overtones vibrate through renowned Mali arts festival reuters.com/lifestyle/milita…

Military vibes colour renowned Mali arts festival

Listeners swayed as the celebrated Malian duo Amadou and Mariam sang from a stage on the banks of the Niger River at an annual festival coloured this year by political shifts roiling West Africa.

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Had a fabulous time reporting from Segou with @SANGARE32363596 last weekend
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How two former employees are driving Mali's hardball talks with Barrick reuters.com/markets/commodit…

Insight: How two former employees are driving Mali's hardball talks with Barrick Gold

Two former company executives with inside knowledge of Barrick Gold's operations in West Africa are helping to push Mali's demands for a payment of around $200 million from the Canadian miner,...

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Exclusive: Mali started flying gold stocks out of Barrick site on Saturday, sources say reuters.com/markets/commodit…

Exclusive: Barrick to suspend operations in Mali after gold seized

Canadian miner Barrick Gold said it will have to suspend mining operations in Mali after the government seized gold stocks from the company's Loulo-Gounkoto complex and flew them out by helicopter...

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Always jarring seeing your home country through the eyes of a foreign correspondent - or in this case, fellow Canadian @celiahatton reporting on how immigration has become a dirty word in Canada "for the first time in most people's living memory" bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct7lb…

BBC World Service - The Documentary, Canadian Immigration: Boom or Bust?

Canada has a proud history of immigration. Why do some now want to close its doors?

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9 Jan 2025
Chad says foiled attack on presidency was work of disorganised, intoxicated group reut.rs/3DNzMNU
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Gold miner Barrick threatens to freeze Mali operations in row over rules reut.rs/404R7cv
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Dakar, Dec. 1st
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Portia Crowe@PortiaCrowe
9 Dec 2021
No war on Christmas here in Dakar
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Was supposed to be wrapping up this year’s wedding circuit with a week of festivities in southern India, but sadly India wouldn’t have me. So I am eat-pray-loving my way around Cape Verde instead.
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4 Nov 2024
Something that Tanya Talaga said a couple of weeks ago that hasn’t left me: when you think of Murray, think of the weight of hearing thousands of accounts of untold horror, and the toll it would take on your body. Think of taking that on. cbc.ca/news/politics/murray-…

Murray Sinclair, former senator who led Truth and Reconciliation Commission, dead at 73 | CBC News

Murray Sinclair, the Anishinaabe senator and renowned Manitoba lawyer who led the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, has died.

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“hi mom”
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23 Oct 2024
A plane downed in North Darfur had Russian crew members and was being used by the army to resupply the besieged city of al-Fashir, according to the opposing faction and documents it said were found in the wreckage. Our investigation: reuters.com/world/africa/pla…

Exclusive: Plane downed in Darfur with suspected Russian crew was supplying army, rivals say

The incident offers a glimpse into the murky supply networks behind the more than 18-month war between Sudan's army and the Rapid Support Forces that has uprooted more than 11 million people.

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'Everything is lost' says father, as Senegal repatriates citizens escaping Lebanon reut.rs/3YgnEv8
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Mali capital under control after insurgents attack, army says reuters.com/world/africa/gun…

Mali says attack repelled in capital; Qaeda affiliate claims responsibility

Mali said on Tuesday that its capital Bamako was under control after insurgents attacked a gendarmerie training school and other strategic areas before dawn, firing gunshots that reverberated around...

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16 Sep 2024
Michaela DePrince, an acclaimed ballerina, died on Tuesday at 29. She had lead roles in major ballets, including “The Nutcracker” and “Coppelia,” and she was a soloist in “Cinderella” and George Balanchine’s “Tarantella.” nyti.ms/4e4t4QT

Michaela DePrince, War Orphan Turned Leading Ballerina, Dies at 29 (Published 2024)

In an impoverished orphanage in Sierra Leone, she longed to dance ballet. After being adopted by American parents, her improbable dream came true.

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Rainy season sunsets đź‘Ś
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2 Sep 2024
🌍 Africa bears an increasingly heavy burden from climate change and disproportionately high costs for essential climate adaptation, according to the latest #StateOfClimate in Africa report. 📢 Press Release: wmo.int/media/news/africa-fa…
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5 Sep 2024
Ugandan Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei has died, days after she was doused in petrol and set on fire by her boyfriend. She was 33 reut.rs/47gHsTB  1/5
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Passed a paraglider in Dakar last night. There is truly a first for everything
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