WITNESS: Chase for the news can take a while in Africa (Reuters)
Date : 10 Mar 2008 Category : World
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Reuters - Alistair Thomson has been a Reuters correspondent in Africa
for eight years, covering everything from military coups to
commodities markets. A British citizen, he has worked for
Reuters in London, Brussels, Ivory Coast and South Africa, and
is now based in Dakar, Senegal. In the following story, he
recounts his slow race across the continent to cover rebel
fighting in Chad.