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From Our Own Correspondent: Ivory Coast and Australia

Ivory Coast and Australia

BBC World Service - From Our Own Correspondent, Ivory Coast and Australia

Alan Johnston with insight and analysis from correspondents in Ivory Coast and Australia

Alan Johnston with insight and analysis from BBC correspondents around the world. Today, Andrew Harding on the mood in Ivory Coast and Stephen Sackur on the Chinese appetite for Australian iron ore.

Alan Johnston presents insight, wit and analysis from BBC correspondents around the world. In this edition Andrew Harding on a hellish road trip through the fighting in Ivory Coast and Stephen Sackur in Western Australia's mining outback.

Ivory Coast - where even the winners are losers
Abidjan was once one of Africa's most prosperous and vibrant cities. But in recent weeks, it's been a warzone - gunfire in the streets, looting, and corpses stinking in the tropical heat. The violence began after Laurent Gbagbo refused to accept defeat in a presidential election. He was eventually captured in a military operation on Monday. Our correspondent Andrew Harding travelled through the country as the crisis worsened. 

Western Australia - China's new quarry of choice
As the Chinese economy booms, its factories are endlessly hungry for raw materials - which makes Australia's mineral wealth particularly attractive. Deep in the Western Australian outback, near the tiny town of Cue, Stephen Sackur came across a Chinese owned mining camp. But what will the coming of these pioneers mean for the sacred world of the Aboriginal people?

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