Sarah Dean - Senior News Editor, CNN International
Sarah Dean
Senior News Editor, CNN International
Sarah Dean is a senior news editor for CNN International, overseeing EMEA newsgathering assignments.
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Nelson Mandela’s granddaughter dies aged 43
Sep 26, 2023
Nelson Mandela’s granddaughter Zoleka Mandela has died of cancer at the age of 43, a family spokesperson said in a statement Tuesday.
Moscow court extends WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich’s pre-trial detention
Aug 24, 2023
A Moscow court has extended the pre-trial detention of Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich, who had been arrested on espionage charges, by three months.
Top Russian general who vanished after Wagner rebellion fired as head of aerospace forces
Aug 24, 2023
A top Russian general who went missing after the mercenary group Wagner’s insurrection in June has been fired from his role as head of the country’s aerospace forces, Russian state media reported Wednesday citing unnamed sources.
Niger coup leader proposes return to democracy within 3 years
Aug 20, 2023
Niger’s military ruler General Abdourahamane Tchiani, who ousted President Mohamed Bazoum and seized power in a coup, has proposed a return to democracy within three years.
Seven dead including six-year-old girl as Russian missile hits center of Ukraine’s Chernihiv city
Aug 19, 2023
At least seven people died including a six-year-old girl and nearly 130 others injured after a Russian missile strike hit a central square in the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, Ukrainian officials said.
Michael Parkinson, UK chat show host and presenter, dies age 88
Aug 17, 2023
Veteran British broadcaster Michael Parkinson has died at the age of 88, his former employer the BBC reported Thursday, citing a statement from his family.
Twin Russian strikes on Ukrainian city kill civilians, then hit rescuers, official says
Aug 09, 2023
A deadly Russian attack on the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk appeared to be designed to specifically target rescue workers and first responders, Ukrainian officials alleged Tuesday, a potential war crime.
UK barge to house asylum-seekers is branded a death trap
Aug 02, 2023
A barge on which the United Kingdom government plans to house hundreds of asylum-seekers has been described as a “death trap” by the country’s Fire Brigades Union.
Niger army endorses presidential coup plotters despite international condemnation
Jul 27, 2023
Niger’s military has backed coup leaders who have claim to have seized power in the West African country, prompting warnings from the international community.
Niger soldiers claim power after president’s own guards reportedly seize him
Jul 27, 2023
Men in military fatigues claimed to have taken power in Niger after President Mohamed Bazoum was reportedly seized by members of the presidential guard on Wednesday, sparking international condemnation and renewed uncertainty in a volatile part of Africa beset by coups and militant extremism.
US defense secretary says Tuberville holds are ‘national security issue’
Jul 13, 2023
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s holds on hundreds of senior military nominations are a “national security issue.”
African leaders greeted with explosions over Kyiv on peace mission to Ukraine
Jun 16, 2023
An African delegation on a peace mission to Ukraine headed by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was greeted with explosions and forced to shelter in bunkers amid air strikes on the capital Kyiv.
Ukrainians were ‘ready to eliminate’ Russian soldier before dramatic surrender, commander says
Jun 15, 2023
Ukrainian forces spared the life of a Russian soldier when he surrendered to a drone on the battlefield just moments before its operators were about to open fire, a Ukrainian commander has confirmed to CNN.
Dutch intelligence warned CIA about alleged Ukrainian plot to attack Nord Stream pipelines, Netherlands’ public broadcaster reports
Jun 13, 2023
Dutch military intelligence warned the American intelligence service, CIA, last year about an alleged Ukrainian plan to blow up the Nord Stream pipelines three months before they were hit, Dutch public broadcaster NOS reported on Tuesday without specifying a source.
About
Sarah Dean is a senior news editor for CNN International, overseeing EMEA newsgathering assignments.
Based in London, Dean also writes for CNN Digital and has covered Brexit, Europe’s coronavirus crisis and the UK’s royal family.
Prior to CNN, Dean was a foreign news editor and reporter for the MailOnline, based in Sydney and later London. She helped launch the Huffington Post’s UK website in 2011 and spent five years as an entertainment reporter covering red carpets and music festivals.
Dean graduated with a journalism and sociology degree from City University, London, in 2009.