Strangers in Marseilles
Laurie Taylor explores Marseille's unique racial geography to find out what kept the peace during 2005 and 2007 when race riots tore at the fabric of French society.
21 Apr 200822min
Harare Festival
Manuel Bagorro, the director of the Harare International Festival of the Arts, describes his efforts to bring a cultural highlight in the midst of the election chaos in Zimbabwe.
18 Apr 200821min
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 tro...
17 Apr 200822min
Elegy for the Tech
Award winning poet Fred D’Aguiar is head of creative writing at Virginia Tech, the scene of a mass shooting of students and staff one year ago. He lost a student in the tragedy and had, in the past t...
16 Apr 200822min
A Dollar a Day - China
China is on track to meeting the Millennium Development Goal of halving Dollar-a-day poverty. But what uncertainties lie ahead now the Iron Bowl has been smashed? Mike Wooldrige reports.
11 Apr 200822min
Call me Nana
More than 65,000 grandparents in Canada are raising their grandchildren on their own, turning their lives upside down to raise a child for a second time.
11 Apr 200822min
The Message from China
Dr Anne-Marie Brady from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand investigates how the Chinese Communist Party has adapted its propaganda methods to suit the 21st century.
9 Apr 200821min
The Grass is Greener
Why do Ghanaians dream of living a better life abroad? What must change in Ghana for more Ghanaians to want to stay?
4 Apr 200822min
