AFRICA

  • This week George Negus interviews South African Archbishop, Desmond Tutu.
    Tuesday, 30th September,2008

    INTERVIEW WITH ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTU

    This week George Negus interviews South African Archbishop, Desmond Tutu.

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  • Thabo Mbeki (Getty)
    Wednesday, 24th September,2008

    MASS RESIGNATIONS IN SAFRICA CABINET

    Eleven South African cabinet members have quit in the wake of President Thabo Mbeki's resignation, prompting fears of instability and the ruling ANC leader to downplay any panic.

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  • Africa's Cocain Coast
    Monday, 15th September,2008

    AFRICA'S COCAINE COAST

    We invite you inside west Africa's Guinea Bissau, an impoverished nation fighting a dangerous underground cocaine trade.

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  • Video Journalist Amos Roberts travels to the West African city of Timbuktu
    Tuesday, 26th August,2008

    TRAVELLING THROUGH TIMBUKTU

    Welcome to Timbuktu, it's hot, dry and it's almost a 24 hour drive to the nearest airport.

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  • This week Amos Roberts travels to the West African city of Timbuktu
    Tuesday, 26th August,2008

    TREASURES OF TIMBUKTU

    Welcome to Timbuktu, one of Africa's most culturally rich cities, famous for its historical treasures.

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  • Thursday, 31st July,2008

    BURUNDI'S ROAD TO RECOVERY

    Burundi’s flamboyant President Nkurunziza regularly takes to the soccer field in order to heal his war-torn country.

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  • Sudanese government forces respond rebel fire in Western Darfur, Sudan in 2004. China is suspected of breaking the UN arms embargo on the country based on BBC footage. (EPA)
    Thursday, 31st July,2008

    INTERVIEW WITH DARFUR COMMANDER

    Who better to confirm the hideous goings-on in Darfur than a former commander from the Sudanese army?

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  • Halima Bashir (AAP)
    Thursday, 31st July,2008

    INTERVIEW WITH HALIMA BASHIR

    George Negus spoke with a young Sudanese doctor who survived a brutal rape in Darfur and is now hiding in London. Her name is Halima Bashir, and when you hear her horrific story, you'll know why she doesn't want to reveal her face.

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  • Friday, 25th July,2008

    SCORING A GOAL FOR PEACE

    Burundi's president is an ex-rebel and an avid footballer.

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  • Thursday, 24th July,2008

    INTERVIEW WITH SEKAI HOLLAND

    Given what has gone down between them over time, it was almost too much to swallow – those sworn political enemies Robert Mugabe and Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai sitting together in the same room, signing an agreement to negotiate the future of their basket-case nation.

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  • Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has refused to release full official results from the country's presidential election in March. (AAP)
    Thursday, 26th June,2008

    INTERVIEW WITH SIR JOHN SAWERS

    George Negus spoke with Sir John Sawers, the British Ambassador to the UN, a key player at the Security Council table.

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  • Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai arrived home on Saturday after a six-week absence vowing to end the near-three-decade rule of veteran president Robert Mugabe in next month's election. (Getty Images)
    Wednesday, 25th June,2008

    INTERVIEW WITH MORGAN TSVANGIRAI

    Morgan Tsvangirai says he doesn't want to be apart of the Zimbabwean election, branding it as a 'war'.

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  • A man walks past posters of Zimbabwean presidential candidates Robert Mugabe, Simba Makoni and Morgan Tsvangirai
    Friday, 20th June,2008

    MUGABE'S CALLING CARD

    In the lead up to the Presidential run-off, Dateline enters Zimbabwe to secretly film the horrific reality of daily intimidation, torture and murder of Opposition supporters.

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  • Egypt
    Sunday, 27th April,2008

    FOOD CRISIS

    Dateline video journalist Sherine Salama is in Cairo, where hundreds of hungry Egyptians are queuing at a bakery, desperate to buy bread.

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  • Barack Obama with family
    Friday, 11th April,2008

    OBAMA'S VILLAGE

    This week Dateline goes in search of the African roots of US Presidential candidate Barack Obama.

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  • Eddie Cross
    Wednesday, 2nd April,2008

    INTERVIEW WITH EDDIE CROSS

    George Negus speaks with Eddie Cross, a senior MP from the opposition Movement for Democratic Change led by Morgan Tsvangirai.

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  • An opponent of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe holds a mock election in London (Getty Images)
    Wednesday, 2nd April,2008

    ZIMBABWE IN LIMBO

    George Negus replays an interview with Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, taken in 1981.

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  • Zimbabwe votes
    Tuesday, 25th March,2008

    ZIMBABWE - FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL

    After almost three decades of rule by Robert Mugabe the African nation of Zimbabwe is in deep trouble.

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  • Darfuri children
    Friday, 14th March,2008

    DARFUR CRISIS

    Video Journalist David Brill travels Darfur, where a massive humanitarian crisis is now five years running with no signs of ease.

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  • Darfuri refugees
    Friday, 14th March,2008

    THE PEOPLE OF DARFUR

    Reporter David Brill talks about the latest unrest sweeping the African nation and the proud people of Darfur.

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