Amputees in Sierra Leone turn to farming to combat discrimination
Voice of America
FILE - Farming trainees who lost limbs during Sierra Leone's 1991-2002 civil war do warmup exercises before starting their day at the Farming on Crutches initiative in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Sept. 25, 2024. FILE - Amputees sit in front of their dwellings built by foreign NGOs in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Sept. 25, 2024.
Lahai Makieu struck the bamboo with a machete until it cracked and fell. Balancing on his crutch, he reached to pick it up. But colleagues pulled the bamboo's other end, and he tumbled into the dense grass.
FILE - A top White House official said on Dec. 27, 2024, that a ninth U.S. telecom firm has been found to have been hacked in the Chinese espionage campaign known as Salt Typhoon.
A solar power station at Bindura Provincial Hospital in Bindura, Zimbabwe, in October 2024 built by the Zimbabwean government with financing from the United Nations is an example of efforts to reduce demand from the national electric grid.
A wounded Palestinian girl is assisted as she lies on a bed at Kamal Adwan hospital, during the ongoing Israeli military operation, amid Israel-Hamas conflict, in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, Dec. 17, 2024. FILE - A Palestinian man uses a mattress to pull away a victim following Israeli strikes around the Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip on Dec. 6, 2024. FILE - Victims are treated inside the Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip, following Israeli strikes around the medical complex on Dec. 6, 2024. People pray next to the dead bodies of Palestinians at Kamal Adwan hospital, during the ongoing Israeli military operation, amid Israel-Hamas conflict, in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, Dec. 17, 2024.
FILE - A woman lights a candle near flowers placed outside the Zhuhai People's Fitness Plaza where a man deliberately rammed his car into people exercising at the sports center, in Zhuhai in southern China's Guangdong province, Nov. 12, 2024.
FILE - Members from the Consultation Group Of Political Actors (GCAP) campaign at the central market for the boycott of Chad's legislative, communal and provincial elections in N'Djamena on Dec. 16, 2024.
A copy of “My Dear Kabul,” a book that chronicles the first year of Taliban rule from the perspective of Afghan women in a writing group.
FILE - The American and Chinese flags wave at Genting Snow Park ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, in Zhangjiakou, Feb. 2, 2022. The Chinese government placed sanctions on seven companies on Friday in response to recent US announcements of military sales and aid to Taiwan
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier delivers a speech on his decision to dissolve the parliament at Bellevue Palace in Berlin on Dec. 27, 2024. FILE - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks during a plenary session at the German parliament Bundestag where he faces a vote of confidence, Berlin, Germany, Dec. 16, 2024.
FILE - Travelers walk through a main hall at Israel's Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv on Nov. 6, 2024.
In this photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Dec. 27, 2024, Russian soldiers battle outside Vuhledar, Donbas region, Ukraine.
FILE - This photo shows an exterior view of the Defense Ministry of Japan with its sign at the main entrance in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2021.