Dakar, Senegal
6 reviews$450 - $800 / Day
Request QuoteSira is a journalist, shooting producer DP, camerawoman and photographer based in Dakar, Senegal, covering West Africa and beyond. She has over five years’ experience working for international news organisations across two dozen countries, including in hostile environments. Prior to moving to West Africa, Sira worked as a staff foreign news producer and video journalist for BBC bureaux around the world, including in Brussels, Nairobi and Kyiv where she produced breaking news and investigations for the BBC’s flagship TV, radio and digital programmes. She’s worked at the frontlines of the war in Ukraine, covered the famine in Madagascar and has led investigations that were quoted by the UN Security Council, brought to the British High Court and been shortlisted for prestigious awards. Her work focuses on documenting climate change, migration, humanitarian crises, human interest and conflict across West Africa. Sira is HEFAT-trained and fluent in English, French, German and Dutch. She holds a master’s degree in International Security and Journalism from Sciences Po Paris and is currently a fellow of the Oxford Climate Journalism Network.
Social media has changed the way people migrate. In Senegal, many young people use TikTok to connect with those who’ve successfully arrived in Spain. But the route across the Atlantic is often much harder than portrayed online. This film follows two friends trying to make their European dream come true.
An increasing number of young people are addicted to drugs in Sierra Leone, particularly to a new synthetic substance called "kush." Sahid Bangura works to assist those suffering from the drug. Facing a severe lack of resources for substance abuse and mental health, he recruits other volunteers to fight for better health outcomes in his community.
Produced for Voice of America
Russian forces are accused of stealing grain from Ukrainian farmers in occupied areas and the UN is warning of famine in Africa because of the disruption to supplies. We travelled to the frontline to gather extensive evidence of Russian grain theft, including video footage, GPS data of trucks driving to Russia, secret documents and satellite images.
With commercial trawlers taking their livelihoods, hundreds of West Africans try to cross the Atlantic to reach Europe every year. It's a dangerous journey. DW's Sira Thierij reports from Senegal, as some prepare for their next attempt to come to Spain.
Deb Haaland is hoping to become the first Native American woman in Congress. She’s running for the Democrats in the state of New Mexico and wants to change the face of US politics to take a stand against US President Donald Trump.
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