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The Desperation of Asylum Seekers on Poland's Border
During the Cold War, the border between NATO countries and the Soviet bloc was heavily fortified, each side fearing the other might one day roll acro…
4 years, 8 months ago
The Battle for Ethiopia
Kate Adie presents reporters' despatches from Ethiopia, the Cop26 climate summit, Switzerland, Georgia and Brazil.
The conflict in Ethiopia has left t…
4 years, 8 months ago
A Cup of Tea with the Taliban Neighbours
The news from Afghanistan is ever more dire. Twenty three million people are at risk of starvation, according to the World Food Programme, a fate whi…
4 years, 8 months ago
Bosnia: New Tensions From An Old Conflict
Bosnia was the site of Europe's worst conflict Europe since the Second World War ended. Fighting there in the 1990s ended up killing around a hundred…
4 years, 9 months ago
Can the world reach a deal?
All eyes are on the COP summit on climate change, its delegates charged with the task of limiting CO2 emissions for decades to come. The mood music b…
4 years, 9 months ago
Children for sale: Afghanistan's desperate and impoverished
There have been reports from Afghanistan of people so desperate for food they have been selling their own children to raise the money they need. Our …
4 years, 9 months ago
Sudan's coup: democracy delayed again
Sudan has this week experienced yet another military coup, with generals seizing power, locking up elected officials and declaring a state of emergen…
4 years, 9 months ago
Eric Zemmour: France's new right wing contender
The French political scene has a new kid on the block, or one might say, a new veteran. Eric Zemmour is his name, not one familiar in the UK, but Zem…
4 years, 9 months ago
Nostalgia For Gaddafi
Libya has been marking an anniversary of sorts this week: ten years since the dictator Colonel Muammar Gaddafi was killed, having been toppled from p…
4 years, 9 months ago
Disillusion in Iraq
When western troops overthrew Saddam Hussein, the argument was that this would turn Iraq from a dictatorship into a democracy. And they have indeed h…
4 years, 9 months ago