Assignment: Inside Somalia's Insurgency

Assignment: Inside Somalia's Insurgency

The last few weeks have seen an increase in violence in Somalia. Insurgents have stepped up attacks on the Ethiopian army and on the Somali transitional government it's backing. Ethiopia sent it's troops into Somalia at the end of 2006, to remove an Islamist movement - the Islamic Courts - from the capital. But now Ethiopia is bogged down and anger at its presence has boosted supported for the insurgents. In Assignment, Rob Walker goes in search of a radical Islamist movement which is playing an increasingly deadly role in the conflict.

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Soft Jihad Assignment

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Assignment In Exile

Assignment In Exile

There are more than 10 million Palestinians living around the world, more than half of whom are stateless. In this year when Israel has been marking its 60th anniversary many Palestinians have been re...

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Return to White Horse Village part three

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Timeline is the programme where the past sheds light on recent events though use of archive material.

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Assignment A Return to Helmand

Assignment A Return to Helmand

Last year our correspondent Jill McGivering reported from Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan on the constant violence and the struggle to bring development to the region. Now she's returned, one...

18 Des 200822min

Return to White Horse Village part two

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While China's economy has boomed over the past 30 years, many of its 700 million farmers have been stuck in poverty.

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