TAMASIN FORD - journalist

Monday 6 February 2012

In pictures: Making charcoal from Liberian rubber trees

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Tamasin Ford: Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire; Tamasin has been a reporter for the BBC for more than ten years, covering news and feature stories in Europe for BBC television, radio and online outlets. She now lives in Abidjan, reporting for the BBC from Cote d'Ivoire. She has also reported from Mali, Sierra Leone, Madagascar, Burkina Faso and Liberia - mainly for the BBC, Guardian and NPR as well as other news outlets.

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IVORY COAST

BBC - P-Square rock Abidjan

BBC - A feast of female singers for International Women's Day

BBC - 'Singing what they want' - reggae in Ivory Coast

The Guardian - Ivory Coast joins the African gold rush - but it's no quick fix for the economy

BBC - Ivory Coast hopes for a golden future

BBC - Abidjan - cyber capital of Africa

BBC - Crack down on music piracy

BBC - The need to speak English...

BBC - Rising price of chocolate

BBC - The trials of teenage pregnancy

BBC - Ghanaian President defends Ivorian government

BBC - Increase in sexual violence

BBC - Ivory Coast hopes to squeeze profits from palm oil

BBC - Palm oil comes home

BBC - West Africa's only female forensic scientist

BBC - Les Elephants!

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BBC - Laurent Gbagbo's son calls for peace

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BBC - Cervical cancer - the silent killer

BBC - Corruption - is it ever acceptable?

BBC - Pokou Princess Ashanti - Ivory Coast's first 3D animated film

BBC - Women speak out against female genital mutilation

BBC - What is middle class in Ivory Coast?

BBC - A woman's battle to get her land back - radio

BBC - A woman's battle to inherit land in Ivory Coast

The Guardian - Ivory Coast finding construction easier than reconciliation

BBC - Mobile data redraws bus routes in Abidjan

BBC - Ivory Coast's economy bounces back

BBC - Ivory Coast strengthens ties with Lebanon

BBC - Ivory Coast at the centre of pioneering science

BBC - An African Pope?

The Guardian - International Women's Day: A voice from Seguela

BBC - Victor's justice in Ivory Coast

BBC - Laurent Gbagbo faces the ICC in the Hague

The Guardian - Refugees tell of Ivory Coast violence after fleeing Liberia

The Guardian - Ivory Coast rebels have killed hundreds, say observers

The Guardian - Ivory Coast horror recounted by victims and perpetrators

BBC News Online - Scramble to flee Ivory Coast's unrest

MALI

The Guardian - Solar-powered lamp-post provides ray of light for Mali

The Guardian - Tourism in Mali fades away as instability leads to hardship

The Guardian - Malians vow to take up arms against Islamic extremists

DW - Musicians in Mali take a stand against terror and violence

BBC R4 Today prog - Live reporting on French intervention in Mali

NPR - Despite censorship, Mali's musicians play on

DW - People in Mali face major economic crisis

NPR - Why no one's going to Timbuctu these days

NPR - Malians angry at delay in military intervention

Sky News - Live reporting on the French intervention in Mali

The Guardian - Mali tourism suffers after strong of kidnappings - video

The Guardian - Malians ready to reclaim the north - video

DW-TV - Live reporting from Mali as PM resigns, Dec 2012

SIERRA LEONE

NPR - Sierra Leone's diamonds still a source of contention

BBC - From Our Own Correspondent dispatch from Sierra Leone

BBC News Online - Pirate fishermen off Sierra Leone 'export to EU'

CNN - Live reporting during the 2012 Sierra Leone elections

DW-TV - Live reporting during the 2012 Sierra Leone elections

MADAGASCAR

The Guardian - Madagascar's forests vanish to feed taste for 'bois de rose'

BBC - In search of Madagascar's 'rosewood mafia'

BBC - The illicit 'bois de rose' industry

BBC - My 'bois de rose' encounter

BURKINA FASO

BBC - Burkina Faso were so close!

BBC - Burkina Faso reach the Africa Cup of Nations final

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RADIO

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BBC Radio 4 - The future of Scotland's fishing towns

BBC Radio 4 - Looking for love in Ireland

BBC World Service - Stag parties warned of Riga scam

TV

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BBC News Channel - I drank anything and everything

BBC News Channel - CCTV reveals prison drugs trade

BBC News Channel - Greek clampdown on drunken Brits

ONLINE

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BBC Radio 1, Newsbeat - What's being done about unemployment?

BBC News Online - Polo's young punk cousin

BBC News Online - We don't want another family to lose another child

BBC Sport Online - Logan bitten by triathlon bug

BBC Radio 1, Newsbeat - A lesson in catching small big air

BBC Radio 1, Newsbeat - Under 25's hit worst by recession

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