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Friday, 11 July, 2008
Kofi Annan (second from left), then UN Secretary-General, meets in 2004 with community leaders at the Zam Zam  Internally Displaced Persons Camp in the Darfur region of Sudan. Mohamed Sahnoun is at his left shoulder.

Algerian diplomat Mohamed Sahnoun has spent 30 years resolving conflicts. Andrew Stallybrass finds out how... and why.

Friday, 11 July, 2008

A refugee gets ex-combatants, NGOs, military and police officers working together. John Bangura tells his story to Mike Brown...

Friday, 11 July, 2008
Ian Robertson, agricultural scientist, examines virus-free sweet potato crop, Zimbabwe

Zimbabwean small scale farmers are benefiting from 'born again' sweet potato plants, developed by Zimbabwean scientists, that have had a damaging virus removed.

Friday, 11 July, 2008

Jean Brown meets the women who are standing up for peace in a clean Africa.

Friday, 11 July, 2008

Kadi Fakondo's job involves overseeing complaints from the public, community relations, and discipline and internal investigations.

Friday, 11 July, 2008

Amina Dikedi tells Mary Lean about the people who give her hope for Africa.

Friday, 11 July, 2008

With AIDS, as with all diseases, prevention is better than cure. As we propagate the ABC of Aids prevention (Abstinence, Being faithful to a partner and Condom use), we must stress the importance of the A and B just as we do the C.

Friday, 11 July, 2008

Devastated by being driven out of his home by mobs from an opposing ethnic group, Joseph set his heart on revenge.

Friday, 11 July, 2008

Kenya is a beautiful country with rich natural resources but it is rocked by corruption. The result is that though most people work hard they are trapped in terrible poverty. Wanjiru Mungai shares her personal experience.

Friday, 11 July, 2008

Exiled and in despair, Osman Jama Ali had no idea of the impact an unexpected letter would have on his life. The Deputy Prime Minister of Somalia’s first government for a decade talks to Mary Lean.

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