Rose was abducted by the Revolutionary United Force (RUF) - a Sierra Leonean movement with a reputation for terror and destruction - and was made to work for them for …

Cameroon's Forests

BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 20 November 1998

Yohimbe bark is purportedly an aphrodisiac and 'cure' for erectile dysfunction. To meet the demand for this traditional remedy, trees were being felled in great numbers in Cameroon. How can …

After the US Embassy Bombing, Nairobi

BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 14 November 1998

After the US Embassy bombing in Nairobi the Kenyan government de-registering six Muslim NGOs on the grounds that they posed a security risk. This programme explores the response how attitudes …

The Internet in Africa

BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 7 November 1998

A look at the use of the internet in Africa. Africans keep in touch with news at home via internet radio stations such as Joy FM online and Africans at …

Prince Edward School, Zimbabwe

BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 30 October 1998

A tour of a traditional - some might say old-fashioned - boarding school in Harare where school life features prefects, rugby, dressing for dinner and corporal punishment.

Growing Old in Africa - Part Four

BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 24 October 1998

A tour of Zimbabwe's established care homes for the elderly.

Growing Old in Africa - Part Three

BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 16 October 1998

Drought, war, AIDS and economic migration have left the elderly vulnerable and without care in Ethiopia. Abandoned by their families some are destitute and living on the streets. But initiatives …

Growing Old in Africa - Part Two

BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 5 October 1998

What happens to the elderly in rural areas of Africa when younger people have gone to the cities to find work?