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The World This Week
New Peace Deal Offers Hope to Syria
23 minutes on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
Why the latest ceasefire deal stands more chance than the last one. Show more
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Boston Calling
Good Neighbours
27 minutes on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
Available for over a year
The Flint water crisis leaves unauthorised immigrants in the dark in Michigan. Show more
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Cessation of hostilities in Syria, the daughter of murdered Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, and election in Uganda Show more
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Loneliness and the big city, the Iranian election, and the joys of writing to a newspaper. Show more
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Cessation of hostilities in Syria, poems that make grown women cry, and minorities and the Oscars. Show more
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The Food Chain
Food, Power and Punishment
27 minutes on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
Available for over a year
What part should food play in punishment? Show more
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The Cultural Frontline
Oscars Diversity and Fiction in Times of Crisis
27 minutes on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
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Who decides which art should be recognised with awards and how should writers operate in times of crisis? Show more
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Sportshour
Child's Play
51 minutes on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
Available for over a year
Why do parents cross the line and start putting too much pressure on their off-spring? Show more
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Newshour
Will Cessation of Hostilities in Syria Last?
50 minutes on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
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Syria largely quiet but with sporadic clashes; rally to mark one year anniversary of Nemtsov murder; a Kenyan tea farmer's view on El Niño. Show more
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Huw Stephens talks to undiscovered and unsigned artists at the 6 Music Festival in Bristol. Plus, music from Lonely Tourist, Rachel Dadd, Chokobo, Amy Yon, Jilt and Viola Beach. Show more
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Sportsworld
The Ultimate Fighting Championship
53 minutes on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
The build up to UFC night from London's O2 Arena, plus Premier League updates. Show more
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Leicester City v Norwich City from the King Power Stadium. Show more
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The day's top stories from the Premier League and beyond. Show more
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Agreement to halt the fighting in Syria after five years of civil war appears to be holding; Early results from Iran's elections suggest reformers have made substantial gains. Show more
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Trending
The Students Who Say ‘Afrikaans Must Fall’
18 minutes on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
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Violence has erupted over the use of Afrikaans at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. But why do some students want to ban the language from lecture theatres? Show more
Over to You
The EU Referendum on BBC World Service
9 minutes on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
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Mary Hockaday underpins how the BBC World Service will remain relevant to listeners across the world as the UK’s Referendum on EU Membership draws nearer. Show more
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HARDtalk
MARTIN SCHULZ, President of the European Parliament
23 minutes on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
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Sarah Montague is in Brussels to talk to Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament. Could Britain’s vote in June's EU referendum tear the European Union apart? Show more
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How gospel went from the church to the charts through the music of Thomas Dorsey, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Mahalia Jackson and Sam Cooke. Show more
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Newshour
Has The Fighting Stopped In Syria?
50 minutes on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
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Have hostilities ceased in Syria?; African Union observers head to Burundi; Will Georgia's capital Tbilisi be ruined by a building complex? Show more
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The rise of the boda-boda - motorcycle taxi - as a defining cultural and political symbol in Uganda. Alan Kasujja investigates. Show more
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Sex of organs; PARO the therapeutic robot; Cockroach-inspired robot; High or Low Fat Diet?; Electric Eels and the battery; Food-associated calling in gorillas Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The World This Week
New Peace Deal Offers Hope to Syria
23 minutes on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
Why the latest ceasefire deal stands more chance than the last one. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The Newsroom
Iran: Reformers Make Gains In Election
14 minutes on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
Moderate and reformist candidates in Iran appear to be dominating after Friday's election to parliament and Experts' Assembly; Syria ceasefire holding despite minor violations. Show more
BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
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The Inquiry
Has President Assad Won?
23 minutes on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
Available for over a year
Bashar al-Assad still rules Syria. With powerful allies helping him fight, it looks like he has the upper hand after five years of war. Show more
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The Food Chain
Food, Power and Punishment
27 minutes on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
Available for over a year
What part should food play in punishment? Show more
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World Questions
World Questions: Greece and Europe
50 minutes on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
Available for over a year
Jonathan Dimbleby and a panel of politicians and thinkers debate questions from the public about Greece and the EU. Show more