D | 1990年，他深入伊拉克报道海湾战争，并于1991至1993年任新华社驻中东记者，采访过卡扎菲、阿拉法特、拉宾等多国政要。 Dozens of businesses, government offices, vehicles, and at least three police stations went up in flames in Freetown, Makeni, Kamakwie, and other cities across Sierra Leone from August 10 through 12, with over 113 people arrested and police introducing an emergency nationwide curfew and deploying tear gas and live ammunition to disperse crowds.,The curfew was lifted on August 13, with banks, businesses, government offices, and most stores reopened and communal services beginning to clear the damage. However, ramped-up security measures, including federal troop deployments to assist police, have been left in place.,What Happened?,Sierra Leone is one of the poorest nations in the world, ranking 186 out of 198 in a recent GDP purchasing power parity ranking. An estimated 80 percent of the population lives in poverty, many of them in the country’s rural areas. Like other nations in Africa, the country has faced special difficulties amid the global economic calamity brought on by COVID, and exacerbated by Western restrictions on Russian exports of agricultural goods and fertilizers amid the security crisis in Ukraine, which has caused a major jump in food prices.,AfricaAnti-Russia Sanctions Left Africa Without Access to Grain and Fertilisers, African Union Chief Says3 June, 11:13 GMT,As a net importer of both energy and food, Sierra Leone is especially vulnerable to global economic conditions, and along with food and fertilizers, fuel and electricity costs have also soared. Food prices alone have jumped by over 40 percent over the past few months, with a bag of rice once costing 350 leones now going for over 500. The country’s Central Bank recently removed three zeros from the national currency in a bid to restore confidence. The country has also been overcome by weeks of strikes by government workers, including doctors and teachers, and by small traders protesting poor conditions.,Coup Plot?,However, President Julius Maada Bio has also accused protesters of having ulterior motives beyond the cost of living crisis.,“This was not a protest against the high cost of living occasioned by the ongoing global economic crisis. The chant of the insurrectionists was for a violent overthrow of the democratically-elected government,” Bio said in an address on August 12 after returning to the country from a holiday in London.,Local media pointed to the chants of “Bio must go” among protesters as they gathered in the capital, and the president accused some of the demonstrators of consisting of “APC Warriors,” a reference to the opposition All People’s Congress party, which governed the country from 2007 until 2018, when Bio’s Sierra Leone People’s Party won national elections.,No doubt mindful of the violent civil war which shook the country between 1991 and 2002, claiming as many as 70,000 lives and displacing over 2.5 million people, Bio vowed that “in the coming weeks and months, [the] government will undertake necessary security actions meant to guarantee the peace and security of all citizens.”,“The security forces will, and must, act with great restraint and within their professional codes of service. But be assured that my government will crack down hard on violent insurrectionists, their collaborators, their sponsors and their supporters. My government will relentlessly fight those who would rather use terror and gruesome violence to achieve political goals,” the president said.,As a government, we will continue our engagement with Civil Society as we strive to promote sustainable peace, national cohesion and socio-economic development in Sierra Leone. #newdirectionagenda— President Julius Maada Bio (@PresidentBio) August 18, 2022,Bio did not elaborate on who these “sponsors” and “supporters” were, or whether they included any foreign actors.,Geopolitical Context,Like other African nations, Sierra Leone recently rejected calls by Washington and Brussels to show solidarity with the West and Ukraine and impose sanctions on Russia. But even before the escalation of the Ukraine crisis, relations between Freetown and Washington were tense at times. Last year, US President Joe Biden snubbed Bio by refusing to invite the African leader to the US’ so-called “Democracy Summit.” No reasons were given. However, neighboring Liberia, which faced mass civil unrest of its own between 2019 and 2020, and whose officials have been sanctioned by the US over suspected corruption, did get an invite.,While Sierra Leone maintains economic and political ties with its former British colonial masters, and remains a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, Freetown has sought to expand its partnerships with other geopolitical power centers, including Russia and China. President Bio attended the Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi in 2019, where he discussed ways to strengthen economic cooperation between the distant nations. In February 2021, Freetown signed onto Moscow’s efforts to prevent the deployment of weapons in outer space. In May 2021, Bio spoke by phone to President Xi Jinping of China, where they discussed the friendly, “brotherly” relations between the two nations, as well Chinese assistance to Freetown in measures against COVID, and agricultural and economic development.,In this context, the reactions of major foreign powers to this month’s unrest have been telling. While the United States, Britain, and the European Union collectively expressed “grave concern” over the “disturbing reports of violence” and urged the parties to “stay calm, promote accountability and ensure respect for human rights,” China’s Embassy smoothed over the protests altogether, refraining from wagging its finger at Freetown and instead trumpeting the expanding cooperation between the two countries.,We are gravely concerned by reports of violence surrounding today’s demonstrations in Sierra Leone. We urge all parties to stay calm, promote accountability, and ensure respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms.— Bureau of African Affairs (@AsstSecStateAF) August 10, 2022,Similarly, while UK High Commissioner to Sierra Leone Lisa Chesney lectured President Bio about how “violence has no place in a democracy and the necessary investigation into August 10 can sit alongside de-escalation,” the Russian Embassy in the Republic of Guinea, which concurrently serves as the Embassy in Sierra Leone, only presented a bare bones report on the situation in the country, Bio’s meetings with community and tribal leaders, and indicated that an internal “debriefing” was being created “regarding the causes, course and consequences of the riots on August 10.”。离开新闻采编一线后，唐师曾将丰富的采访经历、摄影作品和个人思考陆续整理成书，《我从战场归来》《我钻进了金字塔》记述了他在中东做战地记者的传奇故事。他的文字犀利、观点鲜明、充满幽默感，深受读者喜爱。 1998年，他因被确诊再生障碍性贫血，入院接受骨穿等治疗。据相关报道，他的病情可能与海湾战争期间接触贫铀弹辐射有关。尽管饱受病痛折磨，他依然继续行走世界，将生命中的所见、所闻与所思记录下来。

E | 2000年，他再次深入伊拉克，记录后海湾战争时代的社会与平民生活，写成《重返巴格达》；2003年，他从北京驾车出发，穿越巴基斯坦、阿富汗、印度、尼泊尔等国，出版《一个人的远行》。去现场，或许是唐师曾一生最鲜明的关键词。从战地记者到旅行家，从新闻摄影到纪实写作，他始终以自己的方式抵达世界、观察世界，与真实的世界发生关联，并将那些稍纵即逝的人和事留存下来。唐师曾离开了，但他走过的路、记录过的世界，依然能够给予后来者力量。文化编辑部精选9本相关书籍，让我们再次跟随他的脚步去认识世界，也重新走近这位“行者”丰富而充满传奇色彩的一生。 01 我从战场归来 唐师曾著长江文艺出版社 2013-11 《我从战场归来》是唐师曾最具代表性的纪实作品，记录了他作为战地记者深入1991年海湾战争前线的亲历过程。作为新华社驻中东记者，唐师曾亲赴伊拉克、约旦、以色列等地，在战火、空袭、戒严和难民潮中进行采访，把战争现场的恐惧、荒诞、死亡与普通人的生活直接带回读者面前。 02 我钻进了金字塔 唐师曾著长江文艺出版社 2013-11 《我钻进了金字塔》主要记录了唐师曾1991年至1993年担任新华社中东记者期间的见闻与经历。书中既有他采访卡扎菲、阿拉法特、拉宾等中东政治人物的经历，也有驾驶吉普车穿越沙漠、四进巴格达、亲历埃及地震、探访耶路撒冷，以及钻进胡夫金字塔内部等充满传奇色彩的故事。整本书的文字极具个人色彩，在生动、幽默的叙述中，呈现了一个中国记者眼中的阿拉伯世界。 03 重返巴格达 唐师曾著长江文艺出版社 2013-11 《重返巴格达》是唐师曾在海湾战争爆发十年后，重返伊拉克所写的纪实作品。

F | 书中再现了制裁与战争创伤下伊拉克民众的生存困境与社会百态。

G | 与前两本书偏重记叙不同的是，本书更多地反映出深刻的人文关怀，表达了对战争的反思与对和平的呼吁。 04 我的诺曼底 唐师曾著长江文艺出版社 2005-7 《我的诺曼底》是唐师曾创作的一部二战纪实作品。书中他亲自走访欧洲、中东、东南亚各地的二战战场遗址，通过历史资料、实地见闻和大量照片，重新追寻诺曼底登陆及二战的历史。这不是一部严肃的战争史作品，唐师曾以记者和旅行者的个人视角，将战争、历史人物与普通士兵的命运结合起来，在幽默甚至调侃的笔调中，表达对战争与和平的反思。 05 我在美国当农民 唐师曾著华艺出版社 2002-6 《我在美国当农民》是唐师曾的一部美国见闻作品，素材主要来自他1990年代中期在美国的生活和驾车旅行经历。

H | 书名虽叫“当农民”，但唐师曾并没有真正务农，而是借美国农场为入口，开车横穿美国，观察美国社会、普通人的生活以及美国的制度与文化。 06 一个人的远行 唐师曾摄影中国人民大学出版社 2006-10 虽然出过不少书，摄影记者才是唐师曾的老本行。《一个人的远行》是他以“重走玄奘取经路”的经历为基础创作的一部摄影作品集。2003年，他独自驾驶吉普车从北京出发，穿越巴基斯坦、阿富汗、印度、尼泊尔等地，用镜头记录下一路上的自然、人文与社会景观。全书最大的特色是唐师曾只提供照片，而将解读照片的权利交给200多位不同领域的名人，因此本书既是个人的旅行记录，也成为一场唐师曾的摄影作品与他人的对话。 07 唐师曾：我说 唐师曾著中国人民大学出版社 2007-7 本书的内容主要整理自唐师曾在高校、网络节目、电台等场合的演讲、聊天和个人思考。相比他的纪实作品，这本书更直接地呈现了他个人的观点和独具特色的说话风格，是了解唐师曾性格、价值观和世界观的一扇窗口。 08 我第三个愿望 唐师曾著中国大百科全书出版社 2004-07 《我第三个愿望》是一部与唐师曾此前战地纪实风格截然不同的作品。