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Somalia � 20 years on the brink of chaos

Xan Rice — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The story of Somalia�s troubles can be read in the decay of its capital, Mogadishu. As the country is once more gripped by drought, Xan Rice charts its downfall.

Libya � Battle of the Arab Spring

Xan Rice — Thu, 12 May 2011 12:31:58 GMT

If Gaddafi is defeated, it will be through the kind of fighting now raging on the streets of Misurata � a messy, bloody and terrifying urban war. Here, one of the few journalists left in the city reports from the front-line.

Sudan change

Xan Rice — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 11:02:29 GMT

A new nation is preparing to be born as the largest country in Africa splits in two. Xan Rice reports from Aweil, South Sudan.

Western Sahara � the next desert storm

Xan Rice — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 07:53:06 GMT

Betrayed by Spain and oppressed by Morocco, the Saharawi people of Western Sahara compare themselves to the Palestinians or the black majority in apartheid South Africa. And they want the world to know their story.

African al-Qaeda

Xan Rice — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 08:13:56 GMT

The murderous mission of the Somali rebel group al-Shabaab.

We are killing in the light of God

Xan Rice — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:51:49 GMT

More than five million people have died in the war that has been raging in eastern Congo. And now, yet another rebel group is at large in the country, slaughtering hundreds of civilians. It is led by Joseph Kony, a ruthless yet charismatic killer who claims he is fighting a holy war

The chocolate king of S�o Tom�

Xan Rice — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:31:46 GMT

Xan Rice visits a man who has been on a quest to produce some of the finest dark chocolate in the world

The exodus

Xan Rice — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:18:10 GMT

The fighting in the Congo forces thousands to flee their homes, reports Xan Rice

The president, his church and the crocodiles

Xan Rice — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:17:15 GMT

C�te d'Ivoire's F�lix Houphou�t-Boigny ruled for 33 years, dying with a dream to turn his home village into a grandiose new capital. A dream unfulfilled until now...