Xan Rice
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Africa
Somalia — 20 years on the brink of chaos
- 01 August 2011
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.
International Politics
Libya — Battle of the Arab Spring
- 12 May 2011
- 23 comments
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.
Africa
Sudan change
- 20 January 2011
A new nation is preparing to be born as the largest country in Africa splits in two. Xan Rice reports from Aweil, South Sudan.
Africa
Western Sahara — the next desert storm
- 14 September 2010
- 55 comments
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.
Africa
African al-Qaeda
- 09 August 2010
- 27 comments
The murderous mission of the Somali rebel group al-Shabaab.
International Politics
We are killing in the light of God
- 29 October 2009
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
Food
The chocolate king of São Tomé
- 15 January 2009
- 4 comments
Xan Rice visits a man who has been on a quest to produce some of the finest dark chocolate in the world
Africa
The exodus
- 06 November 2008
- 3 comments
The fighting in the Congo forces thousands to flee their homes, reports Xan Rice
Africa
The president, his church and the crocodiles
- 23 October 2008
- 4 comments
Côte d'Ivoire's Félix Houphouët-Boigny ruled for 33 years, dying with a dream to turn his home village into a grandiose new capital. A dream unfulfilled until now...
