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Kenya’s unhappy doctors and nurses

How one young doctor’s death has exposed problems in Kenya’s health sector

• 23 mins
• 25 Feb 2021

Drug-free in Norway

Can Norwegians with psychosis benefit from radical, drug-free treatment?

• 26 mins
• 18 Feb 2021

Unmasked: Stories from the PPE frontline

How protected are the factory workers who make gloves used by doctors fighting Covid?

• 26 mins
• 11 Feb 2021

Europe’s most dangerous capital

Bucharest’s crumbling buildings are full of life despite the frequent earth tremors

• 26 mins
• 04 Feb 2021

The exiles: Hong Kong at a crossroads

Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters facing a tough decision. Do they stay or do they flee?

• 23 mins
• 28 Jan 2021

Lisa Montgomery: The road to execution

The story behind one of America’s most shocking murders – and the woman who did it

• 26 mins
• 21 Jan 2021

Social influencers and the perfect body

How online influencers get paid to promote cosmetic surgery

• 26 mins
• 14 Jan 2021

Libya's brothers from Hell

How seven ruthless brothers held a small Libyan town in their murderous grip.

• 26 mins
• 07 Jan 2021

Searching for Wisdom in Lagos

How one young man went missing after Nigerian troops opened fire at a protest

• 26 mins
• 31 Dec 2020

Shipwreck

Searching for the identities of those who died in a Mediterranean shipwreck

• 26 mins
• 24 Dec 2020

Darfur: A precarious peace

As UN peacekeepers leave Sudan’s troubled Darfur region, who will now protect civilians?

• 26 mins
• 17 Dec 2020

Syria's soldiers of fortune

The young Syrians who find themselves fighting in the war in Nagorno Karabakh

• 26 mins
• 10 Dec 2020

Me and my trolls

One victim’s quest to discover why complete strangers tormented her on social media

• 26 mins
• 03 Dec 2020

The Mapuche: Fighting for their right to heal

The Mapuche battle to get respect for their approach to healthcare in southern Chile

• 26 mins
• 26 Nov 2020

Martinique: The poisoning of paradise

The historic link between slavery and the toxic contamination of a Caribbean island

• 26 mins
• 19 Nov 2020

The burning scar

Investigating a palm oil giant buying vast areas of Asia’s largest remaining rainforest

• 26 mins
• 12 Nov 2020

Sicily’s prisoner fishermen

Eighteen Sicilian fishermen are in jail in Benghazi, accused of fishing in Libya’s waters

• 26 mins
• 05 Nov 2020

US election: Socially distant

Two socially distanced views of the pre-election political landscape of America

• 26 mins
• 29 Oct 2020

The British and their fish

Grimsby, the once-mighty UK fishing port that hopes Brexit will bring a renaissance

• 26 mins
• 22 Oct 2020

Reza's story

A death-defying migrant's story

• 26 mins
• 15 Oct 2020