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Assignment
Hugh Sykes: Reporting from the frontlines
27 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Hugh Sykes recounts a life spent on the journalistic frontline, telling Owen Bennett-Jones about the drama, danger - and humour - that he has witnessed. Show more
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Heart and Soul
Fruit of thy womb
27 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Many religions revere child bearing – how does this affect women unable to conceive? Show more
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BBC OS Conversations
Coronavirus: Children with special needs
23 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
How parents of children with special educational needs have coped in lockdown Show more
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The Conversation
Mechanics: Patrice Banks and Sandra Aguebor
27 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Nigeria's first female mechanic and an American mechanic want women to get to know their cars so they do not get ripped off at the repair shop. Show more
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Synaesthesia: ‘My sister tastes of blackcurrant yoghurt, my grandmother of thick, condensed milk’. We meet the man who tastes every sound he hears. Show more
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The Food Chain
Sean Sherman: My life in five dishes
33 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
The chef fighting to bring true Native American cuisine back from the brink of extinction. Show more
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
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The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Newshour
30/08/2020 12:06 GMT: Police in Belarus detain protestors in Minsk
53 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central Africa
There have been scuffles and some detentions in the Belarusian capital, Minsk Show more
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The Documentary
World Book Café: Dublin
50 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Novelists Naoise Dolan and Caitriona Lally, publisher and writer Sarah Davis-Goff, and poet Stephen James Smith discuss Dublin city's literary life. Show more
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The Big Idea
Why are some nations rich?
9 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Why are some nations richer than others? Is it geography? Resources, like oil? Is it culture? Economist James Robinson says none of these is the real answer. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
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The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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Over to You
The Bomb and the scientists who tried to stop it
9 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Listeners air their views on The Bomb and how a nuclear scientist tried to stop its use. Plus the pros and cons of Champions’ League football. Did the BBC WS score an own goal? Show more
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Music Life
Musical dreams with Ishmael Butler, KeiyaA, IAMDDB and Bishop Nehru
31 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Experimental hip-hop star Ishmael Butler, from Shabazz Palaces and Digable Planets, is joined by IAMDDB, KeiyaA and Bishop Nehru to discuss dreams, chemistry and creativity. Show more
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Newshour
30/08/2020 20:06 GMT: Women form 'solidarity chains' to condemn crackdown in Belarus
53 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central Africa
Thousands defy a crackdown to protest against President Lukashenko's election win Show more
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Comedians vs. the News
Sofia Niño de Rivera and Anuvab Pal
28 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Global comedy stars join forces to take on the news. This week, why is India obsessed with Kamala Harris? And which leader threatened to punch a journalist’s face? Show more
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The Big Idea
Why are some nations rich?
9 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Why are some nations richer than others? Is it geography? Resources, like oil? Is it culture? Economist James Robinson says none of these is the real answer. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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Heart and Soul
Fruit of thy womb
27 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Many religions revere child bearing – how does this affect women unable to conceive? Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
People Fixing The World
Could a device invented in the 1930s help end period poverty?
23 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
The people hoping to use sanitary pad micro-factories and silicone cups to help women Show more
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Discovery
Professor Emma Bunce
27 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Emma Bunce tells Jim Al-Khalili why she is intrigued by the gas giants Jupiter and Neptune Show more
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World Business Report
First broadcast 31/08/2020 00:06 GMT: China throws hurdle at TikTok's US sale
23 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
The latest hurdle facing TikTok's owner Bytedance is a new Chinese government regulation - that could ruin a deal to sell its US business Show more
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The Why Factor
Why are we conscious of so little?
24 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Much of the time humans seem to operate on automatic pilot. So why are we conscious of so little of what goes on around us? Show more
More or Less
Is Trump right about blood plasma therapy?
9 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Is convalescent plasma therapy effective for treating Covid-19? Show more
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The Forum
Lal Ded, mystical Kashmiri poet
39 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
A wandering sage celebrated for her independent spirit and wit Show more
Sporting Witness
Tasha Danvers - motherhood and elite performance
9 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
The British hurdler who overcame private emotional struggles to win an Olympic bronze at the 2008 Beijing games. Show more
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CrowdScience
Could humans live in underwater cities?
33 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Marnie Chesterton dons her flippers in search of oceanic pioneers who have designed and lived in underwater habitats, and explores ambitious plans for undersea colonies. Show more
