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From Our Own Correspondent: Zimbabwe and Egypt

20/03/2013

Zimbabwe and Egypt

BBC World Service - From Our Own Correspondent, Zimbabwe and Egypt

A new constitution can't lift a pall of fear; why Egypt's railways still dice with death.

Andrew Harding tests the mood around Harare and finds that a new constitution alone can't change a climate of fear; Louisa Loveluck discovers why Egyptian railways are so dangerous

Pascale Harter introduces personal insights, stories and analysis from BBC correspondents and writers around the world. In this edition, Andrew Harding tests the mood around Harare and finds many Zimbabweans are still tightlipped about Robert Mugabe and ZANU-PF. The country has recently been voting on a new constitution, but could the document really change its climate of fear? In Cairo and Asyut, Louisa Loveluck investigates why Egyptian railways are so dangerous. There are over 550 train crashes a year, causing many deaths and injuries - so what's the government of President Morsi doing to make transport safer?

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