SPECIAL END OF YEAR EXTENDED EPISODE WITH A FOCUS ON:
- UKRAINE WITH ERICA MORET 
- YEMEN  WITH AFRAH NASSER 
- TIGRAY WITH LUCY KASSA
- IRAN WITH NEGAR MOJTAHEDI 
- PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES WITH DALIA HATUQA AND LAURIE TREFFERS
- PHILIPPINES WITH  LIAN BUAN
- AND AN INTERVIEW WITH MELISSA REPORTS, CO-EDITOR OF BOOK, THROUGH HER EYES: AUSTRALIA'S WOMEN CORRESPONDENTS

SPECIAL EXTENDED EPISODE

An analysis on the latest military coups in Gabon and Niger.

BBC journalist Beverly Ochieng unpicks the many layers of the events including the implications on Gabon's natural resources and its links to France as well as Niger's military leaders leaning towards Russia and the growing influence of its Wagner mercenary group.

GABON AND NIGER COUPS IN FOCUS

An analysis with journalist Ellery Biddle on clampdowns on digital rights when authoritarian regimes use it to silence oppositions. Listen on how internet shutdowns are affecting some wars and conflicts as well as how the nexus of tech companies and authoritarian regimes are herding political behaviour with little chance of any meaningful regulation on the horizon. 

Photo credit: Satheesh Sankaran

Digital authoritarianism

WRC18: WOMEN REPORTING ON SOME OF THE WORLD’S 18 CONFLICT AREAS. A PODCAST HIGHLIGHTING THE WORK OF WOMEN JOURNALISTS AND RESEARCHERS COVERING WARS, CONFLICTS, VIOLENCE AND UNREST

Digital authoritarianism

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