Sofia Christensen

West and Central Africa Correspondent at Reuters

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"I don't feel at home": From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home

1 week ago | sightmagazine.com.au | Sofia Christensen |Juliette Jabkhiro |Layli Foroudi |David Adams

SOFIA CHRISTENSEN, JULIETTE JABKHIRO and LAYLI FOROUDI, of Reuters, report on the case of Moussa Sacko…Bamako, Mali/Montreuil, FranceReuters In December, Moussa Sacko spent his birthday in Mali scrolling through messages from friends with whom he celebrated a year earlier on Paris’ Champs-Elysees. He hasn’t seen any of them since being deported from France in July.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home

2 weeks ago | japantimes.co.jp | Sofia Christensen |Juliette Jabkhiro |Layli Foroudi

In December, Moussa Sacko spent his birthday in Mali scrolling through messages from friends with whom he celebrated a year earlier on Paris' Champs-Elysees. He hasn't seen any of them since being deported from France in July. Like Sacko, hundreds of foreign nationals previously protected because they grew up in France now face expulsion under legislation introduced last year. Sacko was born in Mali but moved to France as a young child to treat a chronic eye condition.
From France to Mali, a deportee’s struggle far from home

2 weeks ago | kfgo.com | Sofia Christensen |Juliette Jabkhiro |Layli Foroudi

By Sofia Christensen, Juliette Jabkhiro and Layli ForoudiBAMAKO/MONTREUIL (Reuters) – In December, Moussa Sacko spent his birthday in Mali scrolling through messages from friends with whom he celebrated a year earlier on Paris’ Champs-Elysees. He hasn’t seen any of them since being deported from France in July. Like Sacko, hundreds of foreign nationals previously protected because they grew up in France now face expulsion under legislation introduced last year.
From France to Mali, a Deportee's Struggle Far From Home

2 weeks ago | usnews.com | Sofia Christensen |Juliette Jabkhiro |Layli Foroudi

By Sofia Christensen, Juliette Jabkhiro and Layli ForoudiBAMAKO/MONTREUIL (Reuters) - In December, Moussa Sacko spent his birthday in Mali scrolling through messages from friends with whom he celebrated a year earlier on Paris' Champs-Elysees. He hasn't seen any of them since being deported from France in July. Like Sacko, hundreds of foreign nationals previously protected because they grew up in France now face expulsion under legislation introduced last year.
M23 rebels stay in strategic DRC town as ceasefire crumbles

1 month ago | businesslive.co.za | Sofia Christensen |Aaron Ross

Bengaluru — A de facto ceasefire between Democratic Republic of the Congo forces and Rwandan-backed rebels in the eastern DRC town of Walikale appeared to have broken down on Monday, with the rebels going back on a pledge to withdraw and accusing the army of violating its own commitments.
Rush to bury the dead after rebel offensive in Goma

2 months ago | businesslive.co.za | Sofia Christensen

More than 2,000 bodies require burial in Goma after Rwanda-backed M23 rebels took over the Democratic of Congo (DRC) city last week, inflaming a decade-old conflict and humanitarian crisis, communications minister Patrick Muyaya said late on Monday. Relative calm has returned to Goma, where the rebel alliance that includes M23 declared a ceasefire for humanitarian reasons starting on Tuesday.
Mali gold mine accident kills more than a dozen, including women and children

2 months ago | mining.com | Sofia Christensen |Adam Hamilton

Reuters | February 1, 2025 | 12:42 pm News Africa Gold Thirteen artisanal miners, including women and three children, were killed in southwest Mali on Wednesday after a tunnel in which they were digging for gold flooded, the national union of gold counters and refineries (UCROM) said on Saturday.
Senegal's urban cycling trend offers chance to boost green transport

Nov 8, 2024 | msn.com | Sofia Christensen

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Senegal's urban cycling trend offers chance to boost green transport

Nov 8, 2024 | reuters.com | Sofia Christensen

Item 5 of 5 A race organiser holds a sign to indicate to the cyclists that they are five laps away from the end of the competition during the National Championship in Dakar, Senegal, October 27, 2024. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo[5/5]A race organiser holds a sign to indicate to the cyclists that they are five laps away from the end of the competition during the National Championship in Dakar, Senegal, October 27, 2024.
Hundreds march against Ghana's damaging informal gold mining boom

Oct 11, 2024 | mining.com | Sofia Christensen |Adam Hamilton

Reuters | October 11, 2024 | 11:22 am News Africa Gold Hundreds of people marched through Ghana’s capital Accra on Friday in a peaceful protest against unlicensed gold mining, calling on authorities to act against the dangerous and environmentally damaging practice. Illegal small-scale gold mining known “galamsey” in Ghana has picked up this year following an almost 30% rise in global gold prices.

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