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The Fifth Floor: Tackling Nigeria's skin bleaching problem
According to the World Health Organisation, 77% of Nigerian women have used skin-lightening creams. When BBC Hausa’s Madina Maishanu decided to look …
1 year, 1 month ago
BBC OS Conversations: Remembering the life of Pope Francis
Mark Lowen in Rome brings people together to share their memories of the Pope, who died on Easter Monday. In our conversations, Mark hears from Catho…
1 year, 1 month ago
Bonus: Bridgerton actor’s interview on Dear Daughter
A bonus episode from Dear Daughter - the award-winning podcast from the BBC World Service. You can find more episodes by searching for ‘Dear Daughter…
1 year, 1 month ago
The call of Anastasia
Members of the new age Anastasia movement espouse strong family values, farm small plots of land and try to educate their own children outside the pu…
1 year, 1 month ago
Witness History: The Environment Movement
To mark Earth Day, we bring you remarkable stories of the history of the environmental movement, told by the people who were there. Selected from the…
1 year, 1 month ago
Francis, the rebel Pope
Following the death of Pope Francis, Edward Stourton looks at the life and legacy of the spiritual leader of more than a billion Catholics worldwide.…
1 year, 1 month ago
Assignment: Dicing with democracy? Romania’s cancelled election
A cancelled election, a cancelled candidate and a divided country – is Romania’s democracy under threat?
Last December the country’s Constitutional Co…
1 year, 1 month ago
In the Studio: Amin Gulgee - Heavy metal
Amin Gulgee defies easy categorisation: he’s a metal sculptor, a curator, and one of Pakistan’s most innovative and cherished artists, the beating he…
1 year, 1 month ago
Make me perfect: Manufacturing beauty in China
In China today, looking good is seen as key to career success. With beauty videos promoting extreme weight-loss flooding social media, beauty apps ma…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Fifth Floor: Inside the Taliban's surveillance network
There are over 90,000 hi-definition CCTV cameras in Kabul, watching everyone’s movements. What are the Taliban using this footage for? BBC Afghan Ser…
1 year, 2 months ago