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From Our Own Correspondent: Dementia Village

15/12/2012

Dementia Village

BBC Radio 4 - From Our Own Correspondent, Dementia Village

Despatches from South Africa, China, Equatorial Guinea, Poland and the Netherlands.

Kate Adie presents reports from BBC foreign correspondents worldwide, including stories from South Africa, China, Equatorial Guinea, Poland and the Netherlands.

Reporters worldwide provide context to the week's news. Today: 

South Africa's ANC at the crossroads? As the party prepares for conference, its figurehead Nelson Mandela in fragile health, Andrew Harding reads the political runes at a critical time for the country. 

At the conclusion of another big European summit, Allan Little is in the Polish city of Wroclaw observing how old allegiances and old identities are emerging in the new Europe. 

Now what's the attraction of the 'mitten' or 'hairy' crab? At this time of year in eastern China they're much in demand and Fuchsia Dunlop's been finding out why. 

Not many of our correspondents have got to meet the president of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang. Stephen Sackur has though and asked him questions the president thought impertinent and malicious. 

And is getting dementia really the end of the world? The Dutch authorities have created a village for dementia sufferers near Amsterdam which is pioneering a new sort of care, one which tries to make sure residents don't have to confront the two Cs: conflict and confusion. 

Producer: Tony Grant.

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