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From Our Own Correspondent: The New Egypt

02/10/2014

The New Egypt

BBC Radio 4 - From Our Own Correspondent, The New Egypt

Kate Adie introduces a report that takes a close look at the Egypt of President al-Sisi.

Kate Adie presents despatches from around the world, including a close look at the Egypt of President al-Sisi, plus stories from Russia, Sweden, Zimbabwe and Myanmar.

Global despatches: some are pleased at what President al-Sisi's achieved in his first months in office in Egypt - others say that when it comes to repression, he's outdoing even his hard-line predecessor Hosni Mubarak. Predicting what's about to happen in President Putin's Russia has become difficult now the country seems to have embraced an 'anything goes' philosophy. We're in the far north of Sweden learning that the Sami people believe widespread mining will ruin their traditional lands. The introduction of some democracy in Myanmar and the lifting of some western sanctions has not brought the predicted business boom, but for many citizens, the quality of life is slowly improving; and the sad story of the lonely baboon who's become trapped on a river island in Zimbabwe and is resisting all attempts to reunite him with his family.

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