Sierra Leone: Remembering the Civil War

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It's 25 years since the start of the civil war in Sierra Leone. Two BBC Africa reporters, both from Sierra Leone, were caught up in the violence and cruelty, and their lives were changed forever. David Amanor talks to Umaru Fofana and Alhassan Sillah. Hear My Country: Russia Can you think of a song that captures the spirit of your country? This week Natalia Touzovskaya and Nikolay Voronin of BBC Russian choose tracks that remind them of home. The Egyptian Cinderella Marwa Mamoon looks after audience engagement for BBC Arabic, but she has another life presenting a new weekly radio programme called Story Shop. Marwa ransacks history books and internet sources to find stories for listeners, like the tale of the Egyptian Cinderella. Ukraine's political women Her youthful face has captured the imagination of Ukraine's pro-European movement. Nadia Savchenko is the helicopter pilot who sang defiant songs in a Russian court as she was sentenced to 22 years in jail. Irena Taranyuk of BBC Ukrainian explains why Savchenko has become a hero to many, and a contender for the country's hall of female fame. From Delhi to Abuja Rupa Jha is a BBC journalist from India, now working for BBC Media Action in the Nigerian capital Abuja. She tells Fifth Floor that Abuja is starting to feel like home: she is picking up pidgin and getting her hair braided. And the best of the worldwide web with Fifi Haroon. Photo: A soldier inspects weapons seized during the Sierra Leone civil war. Credit: Issouf Sanogo/AFP/Getty Images