Fear of Famine in Ethiopia

Kate Adie introduces stories from France, Israel, Yemen, Greenland and the US.France has been in the grip of nationwide school protests as students protest the dire state of the country's schools. Aside from the demands for classroom improvements, they've inflamed wider concerns ...  Show more

Kate Adie introduces stories from Nepal, Gaza, Ukraine, the USA and Norway.Recent catastrophic floods have heightened fears among Nepal's many at-risk mountain communities living under the looming threat of melting glaciers. Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent reports from the village and m ...  Show more

This episode contains descriptions of sexual violence.

Just a few years ago, Ethiopia’s leader was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Now, the nation is in the grips of a civil war, with widespread reports of massacres and human rights abuses, and a looming famine tha ...

Accusations – and bullets – flying in all directions.It’s been 100 days since fighting broke out in Ethiopia’s Tigray region.In that time, thousands of people have been forced out of their homes. Many are going hungry. When it all began, the government said this about carrying ou ...  Show more

“The government has been reacting very strongly to the possibility of famine and they’re dismissing it, but they are admitting there is drought and that millions of people are being affected.”It’s just over a year since the Ethiopian government signed a peace deal with the Tigray ...  Show more