Original version

BBC World Service Online

Migrated podcast image for: Outlook

Outlook

Factual: Life Stories

True stories of ordinary people and the extraordinary events that have shaped their lives

True stories of ordinary people and the extraordinary events that have shaped their lives.

Outlook: Clearing the Deadly Legacy of Libya's Revolution

clearing-anti-aircraft-missile.jpg

13/12/2012

Clearing the Deadly Legacy of Libya's Revolution

BBC World Service - Outlook, Clearing the Deadly Legacy of Libya's Revolution

Ali Abohajar: the man who clears unexploded weapons left behind after Libya's revolution

Matthew Bannister speaks to Ali Abohajar: the man who clears unexploded weapons left behind after Libya's revolution

The Libyan city of Misrata was the scene of some of the bloodiest fighting during the revolution that toppled Colonel Gaddafi last year. A deadly legacy of unexploded shells, bombs and mines litter the city and the surrounding areas. Ali Abohajar has the highly dangerous job of removing them. 

Also, the unlikely friendship between a Parisian cabaret dancer and a tribal chief from Papua New Guinea;

And the challenges of being a reporter in Pakistan's Swat Valley.

Picture: Preparing a live anti-aircraft missile so it can be taken away for safe disposal. 

Credit: J-J Bernard/Handicap International

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Outlook

Clearing the Deadly Legacy of Libya's Revolution

Genres

Brand

BBC World Service Online

About BBC World Service