Throughout the years that I covered the wars in Sierra Leone and Liberia, many people searched for the "smoking gun" that would prove the link between the Liberian president and the RUF.
Over the past five years, I've reported on topics from tourism in Sierra Leone to flying boats in British Columbia to the earning power of Hip-Hop Cash Kings like Jay-Z, interviewing personalities from Dr. Ruth to 50 Cent in the process.
Last November, I was honored to be part of a Kiwanis International delegation that traveled to Sierra Leone to witness MNT elimination efforts in hard-to-reach rural villages.