Sex work in Sierra Leone: A street child’s story
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The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 19 December 2023
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Two weeks after yet another attempted coup, veteran Times war correspondent Anthony Loyd returns to Sierra Leone, the West African country he first visited 26 years ago amid civil war.
There he encounters a young woman from the streets, who would have long been dead by now, were it not for her survival skills and the conversation she shared with the occupants of a car one night 15 years ago.
Guest: Anthony Loyd, special correspondent, The Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
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| 1:14.0 | Citizens in the Seronian capital, Freetown, |
| 1:16.8 | walk up on Sunday morning to the sound of heavy gunfire, |
| 1:20.2 | as well as reports of armed men near the presidential palace. |
| 1:23.2 | The latest round of turmoil in Sierra Leone, West Africa. |
| 1:27.2 | In Sierra Leone, at least 13 soldiers have been killed during a series of armed attacks in the country's capital. |
| 1:34.4 | The armed gunman tried to break into key military locations. |
| 1:37.4 | Assault allowed nearly 2,000 inmates to escape from prison. |
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