africa

It is expensive to dispose of ships so for years locals and Europeans have abandoned 300 ships in a huge remote bay in Mauritania, West Africa. The EU wants to continue fishing in these rich waters but needs to clean up the rotting ships. (6:47 min)

After seven years of war and months of negotiations, the Sudanese government and Darfur’s most powerful rebel group have signed a ceasefire deal, and mediators hope it will lead to a broader and more permanent peace agreement. (3 min)

Vanguard News travels to southern Italy to investigate how Europe’s growing appetite for cocaine is funding the growth of West African crime syndicates and fueling a turf war with Italy’s mafia. (21 min)

Twenty-five hundred years before Rome, ancient Egyptian temples, fortresses, pyramids and palaces forever redefined the limits of architectural possibility. (100 min, 11 segments)

By next year, more than half the world’s population will for the first time in history be living in cities. Current Vanguard’s Mariana van Zeller tours Lagos, Nigeria, the world’s fastest-growing “Megacity.” (14:46 min)

Nigeria’s main rebel group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend), is threatening to call off its ceasefire with the government if foreign oil companies do not leave their land. (3:58 min)

This great episode covers treasures 49 to 54 - Some treasures are well known but there are a few obscure but astonishing stuff. Look especially for the rock cut churches of Lalibela, Ethiopia. (58 min, 9 segments)

China needs Africa’s Copper and Cobalt to feed its fast growing economy. The Chinese bring work and money, but it all comes at a tragic human cost. (25 min, 3 segments)