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		</div><p>Idris Elba and his wife have been granted honorary citizenship in his late father’s homeland of Sierra Leone.</p>
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<p>Sierra Leonean authorities gave diplomatic passports to the British star and his Canadian wife Sabrina Dhowre, asking them to serve as “brand ambassadors” for the country.</p>
<p>While Sierra Leone is home to chimpanzees, pristine beaches and surfing, the country is more widely known as the scene of a brutal war in the late 1990s, depicted in the film Blood Diamond.</p>
<blockquote><p>Change the narrative of Sierra Leone from a war-torn and Ebola-affected country to a country that is full of investment opportunities and one of best destinations for tourism</p></blockquote>
<p>Rebounding tourism was then badly hurt again by the 2014-16 Ebola epidemic that killed nearly 4,000 people in Sierra Leone alone.</p>
<p>On Friday, President Julius Maada Bio had breakfast with Elba and his wife.</p>
<p>The leader encouraged them to help “change the narrative of Sierra Leone from a war-torn and Ebola-affected country to a country that is full of investment opportunities and one of best destinations for tourism”, a presidential spokesman said.</p>
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<p>Elba, 47, was raised in the UK by his Sierra Leonean father and Ghanaian mother.</p>
<p>The actor, best known for his roles in The Wire and Luther, was named Sexiest Man Alive in 2018 by People magazine.</p>
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