The Indian state of Maharashtra has intensified its food safety crackdown, suspending 165 licences and seizing or destroying $6.6 million worth of food products. While officials say the campaign is necessary to protect...
Africa Matters: DRC Ebola Fight
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is battling its worst Ebola outbreak, with more than 5,000 infections and over 2,500 deaths. The WHO says it can still be contained within three months with adequate resources and...
Mass graves and Serbia’s approach to the 1998-99 Kosovo war
National security expert Drizan Shala says Across The Balkans the lack of action to hold the war criminals responsible is a decision itself. Click the link in the title for the full episode. Subscribe: Livestream:...
Tibetans in India shave heads to protest China’s ethnic unity law
Hundreds of Tibetan exiles organised a protest in New Delhi on Thursday against China’s Ethnic Unity and Progress Law that they said will further erode the rights of Tibetans and other minorities. Many Tibetans shaved...
First migrants buried in Spanish exclave Ceuta after deadly border rush
A crew of gravediggers have started burying some of the scores of migrants who died in a mass crossing into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta in North Africa three weeks ago. The cemetery’s acting manager, Said Mohammed...
Trapped in debt, children forced to work in Pakistan’s brick kilns | DW News
Nine-year-old Hajra should be in school. Instead, she works at a brick kiln with her family, trapped by a debt her father says they cannot repay. Afghan refugee families like hers are caught in a cycle of debt and child...
Why is Ebola spreading faster than ever before? | DW News
The Ebola outbreak that was declared in the DRC in May is now the fastest-spreading in history, experts say. It’s growing "exponentially," with more than 2,500 deaths now recorded, half of them in the...