Since Cyclone Nargis hit Burma last week the greatest threat to the lives of the hundreds of thousands of survivors is an epidemic of water-borne diseases. Aid workers Jonathan Pearce and Dr Sean Keogh, who are currently in the Irrawaddy delta helping with the relief effort, describe their meetings with the badly injured, desperate and displaced
On this week's show: The Chinese earthquake, Burma's military junta and cyclone aid, the battle for Lebanon, Zimbabwe's opposition leader, death penalty opponent, Russia's Red Square parades, and a Letter from India
Fighting has broken out in Lebanon this week between Hizbullah militia and government allies. Alex Kelly describes a recent trip to the country, where he experienced the growing antipathy first-hand
Forced to abandon her village in eastern Congo after it was raided by Tutsi militia group CNDP, Jacqueline says that its leader Laurent Nkunda is fighting a tribal war against her own people, the Hutus
Serbia's post-war children are getting ready to cast their vote in the national elections this Sunday. Vanessa Able in Belgrade asks them which way the new generation is swinging
Lucy Johnston was 23 when she was diagnosed with a malignant melanoma, one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer. Now clear of the disease, she sees it as a life-changing experience
Unable to afford the fresh produce she needs for her roadside fruit stand, Susan Nyawera Kihia is going out of business. She and many others in Kenya are resigned to a national food deficit
American-Vietnamese pro-democracy activist Nguyen Quoc Quan has been in prison in Saigon since November last year. His wife Ngo Mai Huong talks about her campaign to release him
Antoinette K. Kankindi:
How is Joseph Kabila going to win his next election if this is how his voters ...
