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The World This Week
The virus that terrifies Brazil
23 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central Africa
What can Brazil do to guard against Zika and the birth malformation it's linked with? Show more
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Boston Calling
Raising the Bar
27 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
What an American doctor learned when he visited a Syrian refugee camp Show more
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Syrian opposition groups to arrive in Geneva for peace talks today, African Union to vote on intervening in Burundi and does wearing the veil affect your schooling? Show more
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Is the Zika virus a global health emergency? Google and its tax arrangements; How all day breakfast turned McDonald's fortunes around Show more
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Syrian peace talks continue in Geneva; The roots of rumba in Cuba; Barak and Michelle Obama, the movie. Show more
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In the Balance
Brexit: Will the UK Stay or Go?
27 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
What is at stake if the UK decides to leave the European Union, not just for the UK, but for Europe and the rest of the world, too? Show more
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The Cultural Frontline
Culture Operating in the Margins
27 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central Africa
Outsiders and marginalised groups making a cultural impact through music, theatre and film. Show more
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Sportshour
The Brain Game
49 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Where will new research into concussion leave some of the world's most popular sports? Show more
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The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Newshour
"Safer" Cancer Therapy For Children's Brain Tumours
50 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Lancet study: Proton beam treatment "may not be as toxic" as conventional radiotherapy; Are refugees targets for radicalisation? Animals as "spies". Show more
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Andy Kershaw re-examines Bob Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited, the album that changed his life and popular music. Show more
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Live FA Cup goals and topical sporting debate with Lee James and the Sportsworld Team. Show more
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Sportsworld
Live FA Cup Fourth Round Commentary
53 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central Africa
League Two Portsmouth versus Premier League Bournemouth in the fourth round of the FA Cup. Show more
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The day's top FA Cup stories and the Women's Singles Final at the Australian Open. Show more
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Dozens more Syrians face starvation in besieged town, attack on Indian man accused of converting Hindus to Christianity, the film inspired by the Obamas' first date in Chicago Show more
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Trending
Zika Whatsapp Support Group
18 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Whatsapp support group for mothers with Zika virus in Brazil. Also, are British Muslim women ‘traditionally submissive?’ Show more
Over to You
Islamic State or Daesh?
9 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
David Jordan, the BBC’s director of Editorial Policy explains why the organisation is refusing to use the term daesh despite the UK Prime Minister’s calls for it to do so. Show more
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HARDtalk
Former UK Foreign Minister - Jack Straw
23 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Former British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, is a long-time supporter of closer ties with Iran. What will be the result of lifting sanctions on Iran? Show more
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The Documentary
Raising the Dead
27 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Music teacher Francesco Lotoro resurrects the music of Holocaust victims, with the help of the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Show more
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Newshour
Parties Arrive For Syria Talks
50 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Syria: what are "proximity talks" and could they work? Proton beam therapy 'may not be as toxic' as conventional radiotherapy; 4D printing. Show more
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In the Bronx, New York City, Hispanics, blacks and other ethnic minorities suffer particularly high rates of diabetes. How is the latest research helping combat the disease? Show more
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Unexpected Elements
Baroness Shields Mounts a Fight Against Online Abuse
50 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central Africa
Rescuing the internet from terrorists; Zika Virus uncovered; Tracking Jupiter on clay tablets; Smokeless Tobacco India; Anniversary of General Theory of Relativity; Penguin Watch Show more
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The World This Week
The virus that terrifies Brazil
23 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaWhat can Brazil do to guard against Zika and the birth malformation it's linked with? Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
China sonar ship joins search for missing plane, Syrian oppostion says massacres must stop before negotations begin, Sharp rise in pregnant Colombian women with Zika virus. Show more
BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
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The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The Inquiry
How Has the US Gun Lobby Been so Successful?
23 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
The story of the National Rifle Association, one of the most powerful organisations in the US. Show more
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In the Balance
Brexit: Will the UK Stay or Go?
27 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
What is at stake if the UK decides to leave the European Union, not just for the UK, but for Europe and the rest of the world, too? Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The Documentary
Black Lives Matter: The Story of a Slogan
50 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Can Black Lives Matter, an emotive and controversial movement organised around a hashtag, change America? Show more
