A documentary about the 1960s heyday of Highlife music in Lagos, Nigeria, after independence and before the country faced civil war.
Pub crawling in Lagos, Nigeria in the sixties
Malaysia’s HIV-positive orphans struggle to get adopted
Malaysia’s HIV-positive orphans face hardship in being adopted because the stigma surrounding AIDS and HIV is rarely discussed within the country’s deeply religious communities.
Ghana’s traffic congestion wreaks havoc on business
Lack of affordable housing in Ghana’s capital means people have to commute from the outskirts of the city to get to work.Employers say many spend hours in traffic, which makes them late […]
How much Black Sabbath Cartoon can I get for this?
Black Sabbath Lost Cartoon Flashback from 1974.
AirAsia crash caused by ‘broken’ part and crew response
A faulty component and the crew’s inadequate response caused the AirAsia A320 to crash into the Java Sea last year, killing all 162 people on board, according to an Indonesian report.Flight QZ8501 […]
‘Poo-power’ – would you eat food cooked using faeces?
Ghana’s capital Accra has a reputation for pollution, but it is trying to turn this to its advantage – recycling human waste into cooking fuel.
The Reagan Administration’s Chilling Response to the AIDS Crisis
“In other words, the White House looks on this as a great joke?”
Syria airstrikes: Syrians in the UK say what they think about military action
While the politicians are in disarray over possible action in Syria – there are some whose voices have been somewhat drowned out by the Westminster rows: the Syrians themselves. Our Chief Correspondent […]
Arctic Family: In Love With Cold
As international interest in the Arctic grows, Russia is resuming development of Franz Josef Land, its polar territory situated only 900 km from the North Pole. RT Doc takes a look at […]
Heroin and the War on Drugs
In the 1970s, frustration over heroin related, urban crime led to the War on Drugs. Today, heroin is back. But the users, and the response, are very different.