Mark and Dan spent much of their time
deep in the Eastern jungle of Liberia, monitoring the deployment of
UN soldiers from Ethiopia and speaking to child soldiers. One of their
packages was on a lighter note, however, covering a return visit by
former Fifa Player of the Year and former AC Milan striker, Liberian
George Weah.
Doyle said, "At least half of this award should go to BBC producer
Dan McMillan. He and I worked together shaping the packages and battling
the technical difficulties of filing them from some rather tricky
locations. Dan and I also want to pay tribute to the extraordinarily
resilient people of Liberia.
"Despite the worst efforts of their wartime leaders, the people
we met on our trip - church leaders, mothers, farmers - have mostly
emerged from the war as dynamic, friendly and optimistic. We can
only hope that it is people like these, not more warlords, who rule
the Liberia of the future."
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