Like most countries in Africa, Sierra Leone is rich in resources.

Mining, particularly iron ore, diamonds and rutile, have led to economic growth in recent years.

But despite its natural wealth, 60 percent of the population live in poverty.

President Julius Maada Bio came to power in 2018, determined to fight corruption and turn things around.

So, after more than two years in office, is he succeeding?

The president of Sierra Leone talks to Al Jazeera.
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Like most countries in Africa, Sierra Leone is rich in resources.

Mining, particularly iron ore, diamonds and rutile, have led to economic growth in recent years.

But despite its natural wealth, 60 percent of the population live in poverty.

President Julius Maada Bio came to power in 2018, determined to fight corruption and turn things around.

So, after more than two years in office, is he succeeding?

The president of Sierra Leone talks to Al Jazeera.

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Record levels of rainfall have caused the worst flooding on the Nile River for 100 years.

As the floods swept away livestock and crops, it led to the Nile - the lifeblood of Sudan's rich agricultural production - becoming a relentless enemy.

The United Nations estimated that 500 square kilometres (193 square miles) of land was submerged in the capital Khartoum, White Nile states and Al Gezira.

With crops washed away, nearly 10 million Sudanese face food shortages and are in desperate need of assistance.

Can Sudan overcome yet another crisis?

On this edition of Talk to Al Jazeera: In The Field, we find out more about the damage caused.

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Record levels of rainfall have caused the worst flooding on the Nile River for 100 years.

As the floods swept away livestock and crops, it led to the Nile - the lifeblood of Sudan's rich agricultural production - becoming a relentless enemy.

The United Nations estimated that 500 square kilometres (193 square miles) of land was submerged in the capital Khartoum, White Nile states and Al Gezira.

With crops washed away, nearly 10 million Sudanese face food shortages and are in desperate need of assistance.

Can Sudan overcome yet another crisis?

On this edition of Talk to Al Jazeera: In The Field, we find out more about the damage caused.

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On this edition of Talk to Al Jazeera, President Emmanuel Macron insists he understands and respects the feelings expressed by the Muslim world over the cartoons.

But, he says, he will always defend "the freedom to write, to think and to draw".  Even if this does not mean he personally supports everything said, thought or drawn.

Macron says it is his duty to protect these human rights that have been won in France, as well as the sovereignty of the French people.

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Governments are at a crossroads as a second COVID-19 wave threatens more travel restrictions in many countries.

The airline industry has been devastated as airports shut down, entire fleets are grounded and pilots, cabin crew and support staff are sent home or made redundant. And the losses continue to soar.

World leaders have injected approximately $160bn into struggling carriers, but that may just be a temporary solution.

So what will it take to prevent the crash of the airline industry?

Alexandre de Juniac, the director-general and CEO of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), talks to Al Jazeera.

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On this episode of Talk to Al Jazeera: In the Field, we meet 73-year-old Nina Baginskaya, who has become an icon of Belarus's protest movement, and 42-year-old Alina Pustohod, who overcame her fear to fight for justice and regime change.

We find out what motivates them, and why women have become a driving force in the protests against Alexander Lukashenko, the man who has ruled Belarus with an iron fist since 1994.

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In recent years, the central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan has travelled a lot further along the path towards democracy than its neighboring post-Soviet states.

Two revolutions in the last 15 years have deposed two presidents who, many Kyrgyz say, failed them.

But the events following recent parliamentary elections are being called a “third revolution” in Kyrgyzstan.

What are the implications of such events for the political stability and the economic future of the country?

Kyrgyzstan's acting President and Prime Minister Sadyr Zhaparov talks to Al Jazeera.

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Seychelles is an island archipelago in the Indian Ocean, at the eastern edge of the Somali Sea.

For many, it is a paradise on Earth.

With a presidential election due to take place later in October, President Danny Faure aims to keep his party, ruling since 1977, in power.

But the opposition seems stronger than ever before.

Is there something new Faure’s party can offer the more than 90,000 people of Seychelles?

The president of the Republic of Seychelles, Danny Faure, talks to Al Jazeera.

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On this edition of Talk to Al Jazeera, we connect with Stef Blok, the minister of foreign affairs in the Netherlands, to review continuing crises around the world.

From Belarus to Nagorno-Karabakh; from the dynamics between China and the United States to the geopolitical race between Turkey and Russia; and from the COVID-19 pandemic to Brexit and the European Union's challenges to achieve a unified foreign policy - we hear the Dutch perspective.

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