Assignment: The Gambia - when migrants are forced to go home
Each year young people from the tiny West African nation of The Gambia try to reach Europe through “The Backway” - a costly, perilous journey over land and sea.Many do not make it. In recent years, th...
14 Jan 202527min
In the Studio: Madame Gandhi
Kiran Gandhi, aka Madame Gandhi, is an American artist, activist and producer who originally started out as a percussionist for popular British artist MIA, and American electronic music duo Thievery C...
13 Jan 202526min
Paths of return: A special homecoming to Sierra Leone
In Freetown, Sierra Leone, we join a group of African-Americans who have all taken a DNA test and discovered their ancestors came from this country on the West Coast of Africa, before they were traffi...
12 Jan 202552min
The Fifth Floor: China's empty maternity wards
Eunice Yang from BBC Chinese reports on the closure of over 400 maternity wards across China. Plus, South Korea's illegal tattoo parlours with BBC Korean's Yuna Ku, and why Ghana's traditional kente f...
11 Jan 202525min
BBC OS Conversations: Dealing with trauma after vehicle-ramming attacks
Over the past decade, cars and trucks have been used as lethal weapons in an increasing number of attacks. Fourteen people died and at least 35 were injured when a driver of a pickup truck targeted cr...
11 Jan 202523min
Heart and Soul: The plight of Hindus in Bangladesh, part two
Sahar Zand follows young Hindu activists Banamali and Sukanto, who are documenting the violence they say authorities and media are ignoring. She joins them as they respond to a new attack on a Hindu-m...
10 Jan 202526min
Licence to operate a space object
Since humans have been on earth, the night sky has caused many to gaze upwards, open-mouthed in astonishment. Beyond its beauty, it has facilitated both the development and advancement of human and an...
9 Jan 202526min
Child soldiers and capoeira
In the city of Goma, former child soldiers are being rehabilitated using capoeira, the Brazilian martial art. Since the start of the conflict in 1996 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, child soldier...
8 Jan 202522min
