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.

The latest cover of Charlie Hebdo includes the Pope, former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and National Front leader Marine Le Pen

Charlie Hebdo: Why Prophet Mohammed does not appear on latest issue of French magazine

Cover of satirical publication includes cartoons of 'pains in the ass' and 'enemies' but not the prophet.

The founder of the Rescue Team, Sherrie Bangura, chats with a fellow survivor

Ebola survivors empower 'hot spot' communities in Sierra Leone to fight virus amid new cases

Outreach efforts by survivors' association behind the 'zero Ebola case' story in Port Loko 'hot spot'.

A woman using an iPhone visits the 27th Janadriya festival on the outskirts of Riyadh in this February 13, 2012 file photo.

Saudi Film Festival: Female film-maker Hana al-Omair wins award for best drama

Saudi Arabia has an abysmal human rights record, particularly with regards to protecting women.

Brazilian Judge who froze assets of billionaire Eike Batista spotted driving his Porsche

Judge Souza seized symbols of Eike Batista 's high-flying lifestyle amid a trial for insider trading.

Brazil's former president Fernando Collor de Mello speaks at Federal Senate for the first time after becoming Senator in Brasilia March 15, 2007.

Petrobras scandal: Brazil's former President Fernando Collor de Mello 'took bribes' from firm

Meanwhile, Moody's has cut the company's rating to junk.

A health worker checks the temperature of a woman leaving Guinea at the border with Mali in Kouremale,

Ebola crisis: MSF says it could exit Guinea if violent attacks against workers persist

Médecins Sans Frontières is considering cutting back its teams in Guinea amid brutal attacks.

ISIS is preparing to declare Islamic emirate in Lebanon to extend its so-called Islamic State which territory covers parts of Iraq and Syria

Isis calls on Syria militants to expand Islamic State into Lebanon

Isis is setting up a military organisational committee tasked with running Lebanese affairs.

Ebola Crisis: Red Cross workers attacked as virus conspiracies create panic in Guinea

EXCLUSIVE: NGOs claim false rumours are spread to fuel attacks against Ebola health workers.

The Nauru Anaoe Village houses hundreds of asylum seekers, who will be relocated to Cambodia following the new agreement

Nauru: Hundreds of refugees bound for Australia to be relocated to Cambodia

IOM strikes deal for 400 Nauru island refugees bound for Australia to be relocated in Cambodia

The Mayor of Paris will renovate the 'banlieues', such as Aulnay-sous-Bois, which were the scene of riots in 2005 and where a number of young people have been radicalised

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo outlines €10bn housing plan to tackle Islamic extremism

Hidalgo to invest €10bn in housing, prisons and schools in fight against fundamentalism.

Thailand's Attorney General Sakhakorn filed charges to the Supreme Court against deposed prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Thursday, in a case that could result in a 10-year jail term if she is found guilty.

Thailand's former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra indicted over failed $18bn rice subsidy scheme

Former Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra formally indicted over controversial rice subsidy scheme.

Sonora Media published satirical spoofs of French publications, including Le Monte, a pastiche of the very serious newspaper Le Monde

'Shredded Hebdo': 'Indecent' satirical spoof condemned by Charlie Hebdo lawyer

Charlie Hebdo's lawyer blasts Sonora Media for plans to publish satirical spoof of tragic magazine

Iran says it wants to help resolve the Yemeni crisis, brought in part by the Houthis takeover

Iran says ready to help resolve political crisis in Yemen

Iran, which is said to have backed the Houthi takeover, says it now wants to help resolve Yemeni crisis

Prosecutor asks French court that ex-IMF chief being tried for procuring prostitutes be acquitted of pimping charges

Dominique Strauss-Kahn trial: Prosecutor pleads for acquittal of DSK over pimping charges

Prosecutor asks French court for acquittal of ex-IMF chief Strauss-Kahn on pimping charges

Brazil: Dilma Rousseff Re-elected President in Narrow Win

Brazil: Growing clamour for President Rousseff's Petrobras impeachment as 2m sign petition

Brazil President Dilma Rousseff faces renewed calls for impeachment over Petrobras scandal unfolds

Roland Dumas has refused to say sorry to French Prime Minister Manuel Valls after for claims Valls is 'under Jewish influence'

France anti-Semitism: Dumas refuses to apologise for PM Valls 'under Jewish influence' slur

"I don't apologize," says Former French foreign minister after 'Jewish influence on PM' claims

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin criticized the right-wing over its stance that "a Jewish democratic state means a democratic state for Jews."

Israel: President Rivlin says Jewish democratic state is not for Jews only

Israel President Rivlin criticises right-wing, saying Arabs are an inseparable part of Israel

Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah greets his supporters through a giant screen during a rally commemorating the annual Hezbollah Martyrs' Leader Day in Beirut's southern suburbs February 16, 2015

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah admits presence in Iraq to fight Isis threat

Hezbollah chief admits Iraq presence and calls on Middle East countries to join battle against Islamic State

President Juan Manuel Santos's government has dismissed calls to revoke the law on death penalty sentences in Colombia for child molesters and heinous crimes

Colombia rules out death penalty for child molesters

Colombian government refuses police chief's call for child molesters to be given death penalty amid murder scandal

The picture was tweeted by the French Jewry's political umbrella organisation on Twitter

French Jewish leaders link Dumas to controversial right-wing figures after his 'Jewish influence on PM' claims

Jewish leaders condemn French former foreign minister for claims PM Valls is 'under Jewish influence'

Rolls-Royce is the latest foreign firm to be accused of participating in Brazil's largest corruption scheme in history

Petrobras scandal: Rolls-Royce accused of bribery to obtain $100m contract

British Rolls-Royce is latest foreign firm allegedly involved in Petrobras corruption scandal

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been accused of using the recent terror attacks for his own electoral campaign

European Jewish leaders criticise Netanyahu's call for mass emigration to Israel

European Jewish leaders criticise Israeli Prime Minister's politically motivated call for mass immigration

The viral video shows mothers encouraging two young girls to fight savagely

Panama child fight clubs: Mothers force five-year-old girls to brawl

Mothers arrested for making their young daughters to fight as part of ancient traditions

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

Isis collaborator or courageous journalist? Kosuke Tsuneoka plans to flee Japan

EXCLUSIVE: Kosuke Tsuneoka tells IBTimes UK about plans to get in touch with Jihadist 'friends'.

France will replace 10,000 troops deployed under the highest level of

Vigipirate: Why France needs a back-up plan for its anti-terror security forces

France faces challenge after army calls for an adaptation of the security alert programme

The oil giant is seeking advice from the US Securities and Exchange Commission on methodologies for recognizing graft losses

Petrobras scandal: Brazil oil giant turns to US SEC for help on corruption costs

Petrobras asks SEC for advice on how to deal with the company's $33bn (£21.6bn) write-downs in 2014

Offshore giant Seadrill has given up on $1.1 billion of Petrobras orders

Petrobras scandal: How Brazil's oil giant lost $1.1bn worth of contracts in one day

This morning deep water contractor Seadrill pulled $1.1bn of business from Petrobras.

Petrobras has until the end of June to report the results, or it risks facing loan defaults.

Petrobras scandal: Brazil oil giant confirms release of audited Q4 results by end of May

Brazil's troubled oil giant will release audited 2014 results to fend off £32.5bn loan default

Large funds earned €800 million in a day from the sale of AENA on the Madrid Stock Exchange

Spain Aena IPO: Investment funds earned €800m in just one day

Large investment funds cash in more than €800m after staging Europe's largest IPO this year

Half of the maritime shipments to Europe come from Venezuela

Venezuela: Seven men detained after French naval drugs sting

Seven men charged with with money laundering and associated criminal enterprise after unusual French Navy drug traffic sting.