BBC Fastrack: Reality Tours in Caracas
It has the longest Caribbean coastline of any country and the world’s tallest waterfall, not to mention snow-capped Andean mountains and Amazon…
BBC: Venezuela Election Preview
It is Venezuela’s most tightly contested presidential election in more than a decade. On 7 October, voters will decide whether to give…
BBC: Uganda’s Troubled Karamoja Region
Karamoja, in the far east of Uganda, is the country’s least developed area and lacks many basic services. The United Nations…
BBC: Troubled Waters of Lake Albert
The village of Ntoroko on the shores of Lake Albert seems peaceful enough at first glance, but the 600 fishermen who make…
Reuters: Garifuna’s Endangered Culture
Descendants of African slaves who fled to Guatemala two centuries ago honored their ancestors in a wild celebration…
Reuters: Booze Ban doesn’t stop Guatemalan Horse Race
Despite a drinking ban mayhem erupted at a traditional Mayan horse race with riders falling off their horses…
BBC Travel: Paradise Undiscovered?
Despite its cultural, political and economic credentials as a Caribbean nation, Guyana’s coastline on the northeast edge of…
BBC: Gold and Green Guyana
Almost everyone in Port Kaituma is making money from gold. From the miners who head out to the…
BBC: Sexual Violence used as Weapon in DRC
It’s claimed rape has being used as a weapon of war, on a shocking scale…
BBC: Troubled Waters of Lake Albert
The village of Ntoroko on the shores of Lake Albert seems peaceful enough at first glance,…
BBC: Angola’s Recovery from Civil War
Francisca Segunda has come to a United Nations feeding centre in Huambo because her one year…
BBC: Making Way for Middle Classes in Luanda
The Angolan capital of Luanda is home to five million people, about a quarter of the…
BBC: The Smell of Success
Not for nothing are the Comoros known as the Perfume Isles. Walking in a field of…