<p>Home-made muskets that often fail to fire and little but lucky charms for protection – what it’s like going into battle for the rebels fighting for independence for English-speaking parts of Cameroon. Colin Freeman meets a former member of the Red Dragons.
Caroline Wyatt introduces this and other stories from correspondents around the world.
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Oct 31
US Midterm Elections: Anger vs Loyalty
Kate Adie introduces stories from the USA, Brazil, Serbia, France and China.The cost of living is a crunch issue for many American voters but the question is whether that will favour Democrats at the ballot box or will President Donald Trump's loyalists help keep congress under R ... Show More
28m 26s
Oct 24
Israel elections: Netanyahu's big test
Kate Adie introduces stories from Israel, Albania, the US and Chile.Israel goes to the polls on Tuesday in a pivotal vote on the future direction of the country. Israel's longest-serving prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is facing a serious political challenge in former militar ... Show More
29m 8s
Oct 17
Saudi Arabia hit by the Houthis
Kate Adie introduces stories from Saudi Arabia, India, Lithuania, the Faroe Islands and Australia.Saudi Arabia has vowed to respond to recent attacks on the kingdom's airports and oil facilities by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis. The Houthis said they launched the attacks in retalia ... Show More
29m 6s
Jun 2024
The Army of Poets and Students Fighting a Forgotten War
<p><i>Warning: this episode contains descriptions of injuries.</i></p><p>Myanmar is home to one of the deadliest, most intractable civil wars on the planet. But something new is happening. Unusual numbers of young people from the cities, including students, poets and baristas, ha ... Show More
26m 10s
Feb 2023
Ukraine War: From Our Own Correspondents
The BBC’s foreign reporters assemble and discuss the war. Adam is joined by Lyse Doucet and Jeremy Bowen in Kyiv, John Simpson in Lviv, Sarah Smith in Warsaw and Steve Rosenberg in Moscow, following two high-stakes speeches from Presidents Putin and Biden.Clive Myrie also "dials ... Show More
32m 24s
Mar 2024
Inside one of the last trauma centers in Haiti's capital
On today’s program, we examine wars the international community is failing to contain, and the man-made famines they are creating. First to Haiti, where gangs rule, and national security forces are low on ammunition and leadership. Correspondent David Culver reports from inside a ... Show More
58m 59s