Elsa Buchanan

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Elsa Buchanan is a news reporter for IBTimes UK's Africa desk. Elsa has previously reported from Burundi, Kenya, Lebanon, Malawi, Rwanda, South Sudan and Tanzania, and has appeared as a guest on Islam Channel TV and National Public Radio (NPR) affiliates. Her work has been featured in the Independent, The New Statesman, and the Daily Telegraph. A photojournalist, she also explores the world's wounds and current affairs on her personal website.

Gunfight at Lil' Wayne's Miami Beach mansion leaves four injured

BREAKING: Four have been injured at the rapper's Miami home, say reports

Ebola: British military health worker tests positive for virus in Sierra Leone

BREAKING: Ministry of Defence confirms military healthcare worker has contracted virus.

Vigipirate: France President Francois Hollande maintains 10,000 ground troops despite controversy

Military officials have been calling for an adaptation of France's anti-terrorist Vigipirate plan.

Kosuke Tsuneoka says he plans to get in touch with his 'old friends' within Isis again

Isis collaborator or brave journalist? Kosuke Tsuneoka escapes to Vietnam to contact Islamic State

EXCLUSIVE: Tsuneoka tells IBTimes UK he is back in touch with Jihadist 'friends'.

Ivory Coast 'Iron Lady' Simone Gbagbo handed 20 year sentence for her role in bloodbath

The former First Lady sentenced for her role in the 2010 post-election violence that killed 3,000.

France: Manuel Valls slammed for shock comments about right-wing party FN ahead of elections

Prime minister declared fearing France could smash itself against right-wing party National Front.

Farc peace talks: Clearing Colombia of landmines 'will take 10 years' and cost $200m

Colombia president Juan Manuel Santos said Farc would help in landmine removal in the event of peace.

MEP slams Swedish Roma Gypsy beggars art display as exploitative 'freak show'

Swedish MP Soraya Post has described the exhibition as "disgusting"

Boris Nemtsov murder: Confessor Zaur Dadaïev was decorated for bravery by Russian officials

Ironically, murder suspect Zaur Dadaïev was repeatedly decorated for "bravery" by Russian officials

Tanzania death penalty for suspects in albino murder to 'serve as an example'

Four people handed death penalty for killing an albino amid a recent wave of killings.

France: Versailles Palace is latest institution to ban selfie sticks

The popular item were also banned in 19 museums in Washington this week.

Sicily migrant tragedy: Police arrest Senegalese man hired in Libya to sail dinghy carrying 130

The suspect admitted to being hired in Libya to sail a dinghy boat, which capsized killing 10.

Alberto Nisman death: Forensics show Argentine prosecutor was murdered, claims ex-wife

Nisman's ex-wife claims evidence of murder after hiring a private team to analyse autopsy results.

Myanmar: Police charge garment workers with rioting in strike crackdown

Garment workers face jail in latest police crackdown on protest in the former military dictatorship.

Kabul: Men stone woman protesting sexual harassment with metal armour

Kubra Khademi was insulted by local men in Kabul as she protested against sexual harassment.

Ebola crisis: Liberia discharges its last confirmed patient with no new cases

New milestone: Liberia has gone a week without reporting any new cases of Ebola.

France steps up cyberwar on terrorism with new website blocking law

France rolls out new law to block websites used to indoctrinate potential terrorists

Hillary Clinton urges release of her emails after Benghazi attack committee subpoena

Potential president candidate Clinton under pressure over private email account use.

Bank of England faces SFO grilling over liquidity auctions manipulation

Serious Fraud Office investigating potential rigging of money-market auctions during 2007-2008.

Gaza's 'Jihadi Janes': Militants train burka women to battle Israel

Footage shows Muslim women learning the 'art of war' in Gaza's local militia military wing.

Isis: Italian TV channel RaiNews24 to stop broadcasting Islamic State videos to halt propaganda

The 24-hour news channel director described Isis as 'a kind of Hollywood terror'.

Sarkozy acolyte Christine Boutin slams French PM Manuel Valls for Assad 'butcher' comment

Reaction comes after PM Valls criticised MPs for meeting with Syrian 'butcher' Assad

US Republican candidate Tom Schweich died in 'apparent suicide' amid Jewish 'whisper campaign'

Schweich died minutes after he accused the Missouri Republican Party head of making anti-Semitic comments.

Dubai tropical rainforest: Planned desert spectacular criticised by environmentalists

World's biggest everything: Dubai set to add controversial tropical rainforest to project line-up.

Germany approves Greek bailout extension

This is the biggest majority for any vote on eurozone bailouts since the crisis began.

Why Greece is the only EU country where the minimum wage has decreased since 2008

Of all EU countries, Greece is the exception with lowering minimum wages.

Russia: School photo of 5-year-old boys and girls posing with AK-47s sparks outrage online

Photo showing a class posing with war weapons during 'patriotic' class stirs debate

Nigeria: UK government blamed for soaring energy prices as aid budget funds power privatisation

Campaigners want UK to review its participation in Nigeria's energy privatisation programme.

German authorities probe Coutts over Swiss tax evasion allegations

German authorities examining whether the bank helped clients evade tax by using Swiss bank accounts

Paris: Al Jazeera journalist caught illegally flying helicopter drone to appear in court

One of three Al Jazeera journalists arrested will plead guilty to flying the drone