I witnessed schools get destroyed, now I build them

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Mohamed Papa Bangura was just four when the Sierra Leone Civil War started. Schools were targeted as the rebels caused havoc in his home town, and Mohamed would spend most of his childhood struggling to get an education. When he finally got back to school, he became a vocal critic of the corruption he encountered, such as teachers demanding money to mark work. Now, he's made it through University, and he's fighting to make education better in his home country. He spoke to Outlook's Mobeen Azhar. Leo Dittrich is a German firefighter who was called to an unusual emergency – a boy locked inside an airtight safe. It was too dangerous to cut the safe open, and no one knew the code, so how would they get him out? Leo spoke to Outlook's Jo Fidgen in 2018. Javier Rua Restrepo was so captivated by the skies over Colombia's Tatacoa desert that he decided to build his own observatory. Outlook's Zoe Gelber has been there to meet him. Photo: Mohamed Bangura Credit: Mohamed Bangura Get in touch: [email protected]