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From Our Own Correspondent: The Rise and Fall of Nagorno-Karabakh

27/04/2024

The Rise and Fall of Nagorno-Karabakh

BBC Radio 4 - From Our Own Correspondent, The Rise and Fall of Nagorno-Karabakh

The story of how Armenia won and lost the 'black garden' in an enclave of Azerbaijan.

In the dying days of the Soviet Union, Armenians declared an enclave of Azerbaijan as their own. Tim Whewell tells the story of the rise and demise of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Katie Adie presents dispatches from Armenia, India, China, Belgium and the Middle East.

The flight of more than 100,000 Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh last year, after a rapid offensive by Azerabaijan, quickly faded from news headlines. Tim Whewell remembers how the self-declared republic first emerged, as the Soviet Union was in its last throes, and reflects on how nations are born, and re-buried.

More than a billion Indians are heading to the polls over the next six weeks to vote in a general election. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of a 'digital India' has been a policy priority during his leadership - but to what extent are the less developed parts of the country on board and online?  James Coomarasamy visits a village in Karnataka.

The Chinese government is focused on green growth, providing subsidies for the manufacture of solar panels and electric vehicles. Yet in some cities, factory workers have been laid off and fear being left behind. Laura Bicker reports from the once bustling manufacturing city of Dongguan. 

The Royal Museum for Central Africa in Belgium was originally built to showcase artefacts from the country's former colony, Congo. Today, visitors to the museum are encouraged to reflect on the impact of Belgium’s colonization, finds Beth Timmins. 

Reporters always carry some kind of baggage with them when they head off to cover a story. It was on a recent deployment that the BBC’s Middle East analyst Sebastian Usher suddenly noticed that the often unwanted companion that seemingly always accompanied him on trips abroad… had suddenly gone missing. 

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