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Assignment
Myanmar’s Drug Vigilantes
27 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
A vigilante drug squad tackles a heroin epidemic in northern Myanmar’s jade mines, conducting door-to-door raids and forcibly detaining drug users in make-shift rehab centres. Show more
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Weekend
Turkey Marks Anniversary of Failed Coup
50 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
Rallies in Turkey, a year after coup attempt; black art at the Tate; Mosul after IS Show more
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Weekend
Turkish President Addresses Huge Rallies
50 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
Crowds mark Turkish coup anniversary. Show more
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Weekend
Rallies in Turkey for Coup Anniversary
23 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
President Erdogan addresses crowds in Ankara. Show more
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The Compass
Soul Music: A Change is Gonna Come
27 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Soul Music explores a song that became synonymous with the American civil rights movement, Sam Cooke's 'A Change is Gonna Come'. Show more
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From Our Own Correspondent
The Battle for Our Beliefs
23 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
The women fighting to take back Raqqa from IS; why Turkey's divisions keep widening; a modern-day odyssey along the Silk Road and dancing with Master Musicians in Morocco Show more
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Trending
China’s Crack Down on Online Videos
23 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
The Chinese government have issued new regulations to ban certain categories of online videos, including those that portray homosexuality. Show more
Over to You
Sixty Years of BBC Swahili
9 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Presenter, Zuhura Yunus shows Rajan around the BBC Swahili studios in London while Chama Matata explains a bit about the history and the early days of the service. Show more
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The Newsroom
Acid Attack Sentences in UK to be Reviewed
23 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
With attacks using acid on the rise in the UK, the government will review punishment for the offence Show more
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Boston Calling
Is It Safe?
27 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
An American relief worker brings his wife and children to Mosul. Show more
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The Documentary
Galapagos Islands: A Little World Within Itself
50 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Sarah Darwin follows in her great, great grandfather Charles Darwin’s footsteps to see how the Galapagos islands have evolved. Show more
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Newshour
Polish Opposition to Stage Mass Rally
50 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
Thousands are expected to protest new laws on appointing judges Show more
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The Conversation
Women in Animation
27 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Forget the witches, fairies and princesses - a new generation of women in animation are creating female cartoon characters that are accurately drawn from life. Show more
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Story, Story: Voices from the Market
16/07/2017 GMT
27 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
The BBC World Service drama that's made and set in Nigeria.
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Newshour
Venezuelans Vote in Unofficial Referendum
50 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
Venezuelans vote in an unofficial referendum on government plans for a new assembly to change the constitution. Show more
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Digital Planet
Ghana Launches Its First Satellite Into Space
27 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Ghana launches its first satellite into space; Cathy O’Neil’s Weapons of Math Destruction; Drones that fly and drive Show more
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The History Hour
The Oka Crisis
51 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
A watershed moment for Canada's indigenous people as Mohawks take on the developers, the birth of UKIP in Britain, ballet star Nureyev's defection and illegal raving. Show more
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World Business Report
First broadcast 2017/07/17 00:06 GMT: European Investigation Busts Horsemeat Racket
23 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Over 60 people have been arrested in Spain following a four-year investigation. Show more
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Outlook
Outlook Weekend: The Perfect Body
27 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
A French fashion model who ate three apples a day and a British artist with no arms whose naked statue was paraded at the Paralympics. Show more
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The Newsroom
South Korea Proposes Military Talks with North Korea
23 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
Our correspondent in Seoul says there is a sense of optimism about first military talks with the north since 2015; 'Father' of the zombie film genre dies. Show more
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Boston Calling
Is It Safe?
27 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
An American relief worker brings his wife and children to Mosul. Show more
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