The Fifth Floor: How to apologise to a king
After publicly criticising the Ashanti King, Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II, journalist Afia Pokua had to apologise following a strict traditional protocol. BBC Africa's Daniel Dadzie explains how royal ap...
23 Nov 202420min
BBC OS Conversations: Smog in Delhi and Lahore
Imagine waking up in the morning and going outside to discover that the air is so toxic that it makes your eyes water and can make it hard to breathe. This is happening to millions of people in South ...
23 Nov 202423min
Heart and Soul: An African missionary in France
Father Michel was brought up in a devout family in a devout country. He witnessed the horrors of the Second Congo War but when he was sent to France he was nevertheless shocked to find so much materia...
22 Nov 202426min
Amapiano: The sound of South Africa
South African DJ Legendary Crisp, charts the rise of the homegrown dance music genre Amapiano. She finds out where the hypnotising, jazzy, soulful sound emerged from, what it means culturally, and how...
21 Nov 202426min
In the Studio: David Chipperfield
David Chipperfield is a world renowned, Pritzker prize-winning architect with major buildings in cities across the globe from Berlin to Beijing. But with a long career behind him he has changed the em...
20 Nov 202426min
Life at 50°C: Syria's water wars
The autonomous north-east region of Syria, once regarded as one of the most fertile areas in the country, is today struggling to find enough water to survive. More than a million people in Hasakah hav...
19 Nov 202426min
Assignment: Plastic recycling’s dirty secrets
An estimated five million tonnes of plastic waste is exported each year, with the majority coming from 10 high-income countries. Malaysia has become a global hub for plastic waste imports and recyclin...
18 Nov 202426min
The 10 years that changed women's football
Back in 2015, BBC World Service launched the first BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year award, to raise the profile of the women’s game but also highlight key issues within the sport. Ten years ago, the...
17 Nov 202449min
