Portia Crowe

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.

International year of glaciers

Had a fabulous time reporting from Segou with @SANGARE32363596 last weekend

Military overtones vibrate through renowned Mali arts festival reuters.com/lifestyle/mili…

How two former employees are driving Mali's hardball talks with Barrick reuters.com/markets/commod…

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

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/w3c…

Chad says foiled attack on presidency was work of disorganised, intoxicated group reut.rs/3DNzMNU

Gold miner Barrick threatens to freeze Mali operations in row over rules reut.rs/404R7cv

@owenhall__ It was indeed

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.

Dakar, Dec. 1st

@susanaseijas1 @BarbaraTasch @joannaplucinska We do!!!

@PortiaCrowe @BarbaraTasch @joannaplucinska We need to repeat!!

Wouldn’t be a visit to London without a stop by the Frontline Club (@BarbaraTasch @joannaplucinska @susanaseijas1)

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/…

“hi mom”

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/p…

'Everything is lost' says father, as Senegal repatriates citizens escaping Lebanon reut.rs/3YgnEv8

Mali capital under control after insurgents attack, army says reuters.com/world/africa/g…

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

Rainy season sunsets 👌

🌍 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/afr…