Tag Archives: BBC World Service

Escape from Sinai By BBC – Sinai torture for Eritreans kidnapped by traffickers

March 8, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

CLICK TO HEAR ESCAPE FROM SINAI BY BBC The truth behind the brutal trade in human trafficking in the Sinai desert ..

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Sinai torture for Eritreans kidnapped by traffickers

March 7, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Mike Thomson BBC News, Sinai Lamlam, 17, is one of thousands of people who make the treacherous journey from Eritrea to Egypt each year. Many fall victim to unscrupulous people traffickers, who kidnap them and demand ransom money from … read more »

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Getting Somalia Wrong:From Somaliland Perspective

January 8, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Last  July at Hargeisa International Book Festival (HIBF), it was launched a book with the title ‘Getting Somalia Wrong; Faith,war and hope in a shattered state .Although this book was written for the international readers and has an important messages … read more »

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Ethiopia moving to address doctor shortage; critics say corners being cut

December 21, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

PRI’s The World Dame Endalew is in his final year at St. Paul’s Medical College in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (Photo by Anders Kelto.) Ethiopia has struggled with a shortage of qualified doctors for years. In an effort to resolve that, … read more »

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Ghana’s witch camps: last refuge of the powerless and the persecuted

August 26, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Four hundred years after the notorious Pendle trials, in some countries women accused of witchcraft are still being beaten, killed or hounded from their homes. And in Britain, claims of possession have been used to justify abuse. Alizon Device, an … read more »

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Diamond deals in the Congo

May 11, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

What makes an entrepreneur? The BBC’s Thomas Hubert and Tom Santorelli spoke to Gabriel Osombo, a diamond trader in an open-air diamond market in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo. When Gabriel Osombo realised he would never make ends … read more »

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“You can’t come here with European eyes”: A letter to John Humphreys on his trip to Liberia

April 13, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Richard Dowden Dear John, I listened to your reports from Liberia on The Today programme this morning with growing fury. I am not angry because your reporting is bad. It is extremely good. My complaint is this: you say … read more »

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Boko Haram: Nigerian Islamist leader defends attacks – Video

January 11, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

The leader of Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamist militants has defended recent attacks on Christians, saying they are revenge for killings of Muslims. In his first video message, posted on YouTube, Abubakar Shekau referred to attacks on Muslims in recent years … read more »

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Nobel laureate warns of Nigeria civil war

January 10, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

London – Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka warned on Tuesday that his country was heading towards a civil war, blaming political leaders who spread religious intolerance. Asked whether he agreed with President Goodluck Jonathan that the current unrest was worse … read more »

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Tripoli resident: Watching for snipers

August 24, 2011 by benim

A resident of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, told the BBC World Service that the situation in her neighbourhood is much safer since rebel forces took over but it remains precarious. She wished to remain anonymous. “It’s very safe. The rebels … read more »

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Facts about Malawi

October 22, 2010 by benim

Malawi, a largely agricultural country, is making efforts to overcome decades of underdevelopment and the more recent impact of a growing HIV-Aids problem. For the first 30 years of independence it was run by the authoritarian and quixotic President Hastings … read more »

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