The hot springs in Lake Bogoria, Kenya
Lake Bogoria in Kenya has one of the best locations for watching geysers and hot springs in Africa. Because of their high carbon dioxide content, these hot springs boil vigorously and can shoot up to 5...
View ArticleThe majestic wildlife of Lake Nakuru
In the final part of our series on Kenyan lakes, correspondent David Bwakali takes us to lake Nakuru, close to Kenya’s fourth largest city. Lake Nakuru National Park is home to some of the most...
View ArticleFrom Crete to Cape Town by vintage airplane
It's almost a hundred years ago since the Irish aviator Mary Heath became the first person to fly solo from Cape Town to London. Now a collection of vintage planes are flying the same route, in the...
View ArticleTransnistria elects new President
Transnistrians have voted to elect a new President. But the de-facto state – and the election – isn’t recognized by most of the world. About half a million people live in Transnistria, squeezed between...
View ArticleArgentina: 'Ni Una Menos' calls for action on crimes against women
In recent months, Argentinians have turned out in hundreds of thousands to protest at a wave of crimes against women. It’s a country where a woman dies almost daily in a crime that targets her because...
View ArticleArgentina: Buenos Aires cuts down on street harrassment with new law
The city hall of Buenos Aires recently passed a law to allow police to issue fines to anyone they consider guilty of ‘street harrassment’. This usually means men commenting on the appearance of women...
View ArticleFeminists call for legalisation of abortion in Argentina
In Argentina, as in most of South America, abortion is illegal. Any woman who wants one, must have it done illegally – and women’s groups say half a million of them do so, every year. No political...
View ArticleSenegal to tackle climate change using renewable energy
For several years, Senegal has suffered from flooding that’s blamed on climate change. The effects of a warmer planet are clear to many Senegalese. Businesses and activists in Senegal have built a...
View ArticleLos Angeles to legalize street vending
In Los Angeles, home to almost one million of the country’s 11 million undocumented immigrants, the city council is preparing to legalize street vending, an industry dominated by undocumented...
View ArticleForeign investment hits small businesses in Zambia
As more and more foreign companies invest in businesses in Zambia, correspondent Kathy Short looks at how the development of large shopping centres – ten in Lusaka - is affecting local businesses and...
View ArticleIs easy divorce coming to an end for some men in India?
Muslim women in India have launched a campaign to stop the use of a practice in which a man can divorce his wife by simply saying the word talaq – which means ‘I divorce you’ – three times....
View ArticleRestoration work reveals hidden mosaics in Bethlehem's Church
At Christmas for the first time in a long time, mosaics at the Church of the Nativity were visible again. The church is in Bethlehem, in the West Bank, and was built in the fourth century over the site...
View ArticleCartoonist pokes fun at South Korea's work culture
Most people don’t look forward to punching in at the office. And that’s also the case in South Korea, which has the longest daily work hours in the world. But the cartoonist Yang Kyung-soo is giving...
View ArticleThe rise of traditional African art in the UK
A century ago African art inspired artists such as Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso, who incorporated African elements into their own paintings and sculptures. Now, in the UK, interest in traditional...
View ArticleUganda's DJ Rachael is marking 20 years in the music business
When Uganda's DJ Rachael started 20 years ago, she was the first female DJ in east Africa. Correspondent Bram Posthumus caught up with her at a festival in Santiago, Spain, to find out how she got her...
View ArticleKibera residents oppose link road construction, part 1
A major new link road is planned for the Kenyan capital Nairobi. The five-kilometer route will cut across the city’s biggest slum, Kibera, and is supposed to ease traffic congestion. Construction began...
View ArticleKibera residents oppose link road construction, part 2
A major new link road is planned for the Kenyan capital Nairobi. The five-kilometer route will cut across the city’s biggest slum, Kibera, and is supposed to ease traffic congestion. Construction began...
View ArticleTrial of LRA commander Dominic Ongwen starts again
The trial of Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commander, Dominic Ongwen, begins again at the International Criminal Court today. In December, Ongwen pleaded not guilty to seventy counts of war crimes and...
View ArticleJakarta's Governor Ahok on trial for blasphemy
Asuki Tjahaja Purnama, also known as Ahok, is the Christian and ethnic-Chinese governor of Jakarta. His trial for blasphemy began two weeks ago for disputing an interpretation of the Koran. Rights...
View ArticleIndia battles with sexual violence against women - Part 1
Incidents of "mass molestation" on New Year's Eve in the southern city of Bangalore have put an ugly spotlight back on sexual violence against women in India. Murali Krishnan looks at the problem in...
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