Textbook Diplomacy - Part Two
In Europe, school history textbooks are used to heal the wounds of conflict, overcome deep-seated antagonisms between neighbouring countries and achieve greater understanding among states that must wo...
3 Feb 201023min
Opposing Obama - Part One
Author and journalist Gary Younge tells the story of the other side of the Obama phenomenon, meeting people who think his presidency is nothing but bad news.
1 Feb 201023min
Africa Kicks
Farayi Mungazi looks ahead to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and explores how racial politics have affected football's development in that country.
29 Jan 201022min
Assignment - Ten Days in Haiti
On 12th January a powerful earthquake struck Haiti in the Caribbean. As many as 200,000 people may have been killed and some 2 million are in need of aid. In this edition of Assignment the BBC's Inte...
28 Jan 201023min
Textbook Diplomacy - Part One
Mark Whitaker looks at South Africa’s struggle to produce school history textbooks that are adequate and appropriate for the post-apartheid country.
27 Jan 201023min
Africa Kicks - Part Three
Adebayor, Droga and Essien are African football superstars who have found fame and wealth in Europe, but as Farayi Mungazi tells us, there are many who have failed in the quest for glory.
22 Jan 201023min
Assignment - Guantanamo Reunited
Gavin Lee tells the story of how a former prison guard at Guantanamo Bay detention centre sought reconciliation with two of his former prisoners.
21 Jan 201022min
Health of a Nation - Part Two
Business, money, demographics, politics - these are the issues preventing health reform from going ahead in the US. Michael Goldfarb looks at the complexities.
20 Jan 201023min
