Award-winning journalist covering West Africa @Telegraph, @thetimes, @guardian, @AfricanBizMag, @AJEnglish and others | Dakar via Nairobi, London, Paris |
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6 Jul 2023
NEW: As Ivory Coast cracks down on child labor at the local level in the cocoa industry, the country grapples with drawing the line between abuse and family chores, reports @__TomCollins. newlinesmag.com/reportage/iv…
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Tom Collins retweeted
19 Apr 2023
Benin's cotton industry contributes around 40% to its GDP and 80% of exports. With a new industrial park, the country aims to generate approximately $11.6bn in revenues, by transforming locally grown cotton into world-class clothing.
@__TomCollins reports african.business/2023/04/res…
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6 Mar 2023
Private debt is surging in Africa as an alternative form of finance. My latest for @AfricanBizMag
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Tom Collins retweeted
7 Feb 2023
Senegal is on track for "big growth in 2023 and 2024" due to the development of the two oil and gas projects, says @Markbohlund senior credit analyst at REDDIntelligence.
Reporting by @__TomCollins. african.business/2023/02/tra…
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17 Jan 2023
My reporting on Sierra Leone's psychiatric hospital where until 2018 patients were chained to the walls.
It has undergone a dramatic refurbishment with help from US charity @PIH, but still the only mental health facility for a population of 8.1m people.
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12 Jan 2023
Does anyone have any recommendations for economists/analysts who can talk about Senegal's predicted 8% GDP growth this year?
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4 Jan 2023
Child beggars are common in Senegal.
Often they are talibés - boys forced to beg while living at Islamic schools.
We found 30 runaway talibés who all claimed to have beaten and abused at the hands of their masters.
With photos from @Sam_Bradpiece
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Tom Collins retweeted
4 Jan 2023
This was a grim story to work on with @__TomCollins.
Senegal is home to hundreds of thousands of young talibés - students who attend islamic schools known as daaras.
Many of them are forced to beg and suffer horrific abuse.
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22 Dec 2022
Ivory Coast authorities laid bare how they are still battling multi-million dollar chocolate companies to improve wages for poor cocoa farmers.
My latest for @AJEnglish
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Tom Collins retweeted
16 Dec 2022
In 2018, #SierraLeone's President Bio, introduced bold reforms to revolutionise the country's education sector. @__TomCollins sat down with @PresidentBio to talk about his education drive and if it would help him win next year's polls. theafricareport.com/268342/s…
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13 Dec 2022
My reporting from Sierra Leone which is facing a teenage pregnancy and abortion “epidemic,” according to medical professionals.
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Tom Collins retweeted
13 Dec 2022
Teenage girls are turning to rat poison as an unsafe abortion ‘epidemic’ spirals.
@__TomCollins reports – free to read ⬇️
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Tom Collins retweeted
12 Dec 2022
I want the world to know about Emma 💜
Cancer may have taken her, but she never let any illness define her
This is the story of our final few months together. One day, I promise, I will tell the rest, and I'll get to Antarctica for our honeymoon too 🐧❄️
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Tom Collins retweeted
9 Dec 2022
We had pitched a story on Dakar Fashion Week, but then our editors at @guardian asked us to take a different tack, and look at Senegal’s local tailoring scene — coincidentally something I’ve been dying to write about for years theguardian.com/global-devel…
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Tom Collins retweeted
9 Dec 2022
“Secure #digital identities represent the cornerstone of e-government and a pre-requisite for the delivery of many services to citizens”
A conversation with @jamesgclaude07 in @AfricanBizMag / @__TomCollins
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4 Dec 2022
My scoop about Senegal's football academy, Diambars, training some the country's best players: three of whom are in the squad for tonight's game.
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23 Nov 2022
Sierra Leone is spending 22% of its national budget on education. I spoke to @PresidentBio to find out if it will work.
My latest for @guardian
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Tom Collins retweeted
16 Nov 2022
Sierra Leonean lawmakers have passed legislation to introduce a gender quota in parliament -- a major campaign promise by the president -- following years of delays and false starts news.yahoo.com/sierra-leone-…
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Tom Collins retweeted
2 Nov 2022
Heavy rains that could be linked to climate change have flooded Senegal's famous Pink Lake with possibly toxic water, washing away nearly a quarter of a million dollars worth of artisanally-mined salt and devastating the local tourism industry. (@AFP) rfi.fr/en/science-environmen…
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