World in Progress

This week on the show: We'll hear about children who were uprooted from their homes in Reunion and shipped off to France. Children in Zimbabwe working on tobacco fields are getting sick from nicotine poisoning. And: A sex abuse scandal shakes up Argentina's soccer clubs.

The Good Friday agreement ended three decades of violence between Catholics and Protestants in 1998. Since then, Northern Ireland's economy has picked up and tourists have returned, but divisions can still be felt today and the peace process continues. This report takes you on a roadtrip along the Northern Irish coast to get a feeling for what life is like 20 years after the end of the conflict.

Sharia Law and tourism in Aceh, Indonesia -- Tolerance and Christian theology in Morocco -- More young Copts in Egypt are interested in monastic life -- Daoism is seeing a revival in China's Zhongnan mountains

On this week's show: Find out why it's so hard to get adequate treatment for mental health patients in Togo, where the mentally sick are often beaten and chained for weeks or months, and how Bhutan, the country known for its official policy of "Gross National Happiness" is dealing with an increase in depression in society.

This week on the show: People from Central America are leaving their home countries to escape poverty and dangerous gang violence. They are hoping to make it to the US, but most get stuck in Mexico and are then deported. We'll hear from migrants and their dangerous journeys. And: How a lack of data is hampering development.

The Nile River has been the life line for East Africa for thousands of years. A mythical river, drinking water, irrigation, hydropower - the Nile feeds many needs in the countries it traverses. But now tensions increase over the water usage. Anna Osius and Linda Staude met people who depend on the river's water, from its southermost source in Burundi down to the Nile delta in Egypt.

On this week's show, we'll find out why millions of women are statistically "missing" from India's population, and meet a schoolgirl caught up in Tanzania's crackdown on teen pregnancy. Plus, the hijab-wearing rockers from Indonesia who are tackling serious topics with heavy metal music.

Topics: While the former president is on trial for bribery, critics say South Korea's Anti Graft Law is going too far --- The widows of Budphura, Rajasthan have lost their own health and many of their husbands to the stone industry. Now they demand compensations.

This week, we'll take a look at a deadly conflict over resources in Nigeria that's pitted farmers against herdsmen. We'll talk about press freedom with Reuters' Myanmar Bureau Chief — his two reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo have been in prison for over two months now. And: How a sex scandal is turning the aid sector upside down.

This week, we'll take a look at the conflict in the Central African Republic — one of the world's forgotten crises. We'll also hear from strong women in Honduras who fight against the deadly machismo culture in the country.

Demanding political change - how Cambodia's exiled opposition is staging a comeback / Cities of the future - how urban developers are planning for expanding cities /  The many challenges facing the Mayor of Monrovia - and why she's still optimistic 

Coffee farming in Kenya -- A taste for homegrown coffee in Guatemala -- Accordion Revial in Brazil

This week, we'll take a look at people falling through the cracks. For instance underage refugees in France who are living on the streets. We'll also hear from a strong woman in Afghanistan who's trying to help drug addicts in Kabul. And Israel plans to expel thousands of African refugees.

Puerto Rico, Barbuda and St. Martin were among the Caribbean islands worst hit by hurricanes Irma and Maria last fall. Reconstruction will take a long time, as correspondent Anne-Katrin Mellmann reports.

Toxic Bananas in Ecuador -- Burying the unnamed dead of the Mediterranean -- Why it's so hard to reintegrate former Boko Haram terrorists into society in Chad -- West African migrants returning home from Libya

On this week's show, we visit the humanitarian crisis in the Central African Republic, Comic relief in Lebanon, Eritrea's only brewery - and listen to Open Air opera on a truck 

Bluegrass, a traditional form of American folk music is still alive in the Appalachia region, which also has a reputation as being America's poorhouse. Outsiders have labeled the people here 'hillbillies', stereotyping them as backwards. But there's more to the region and its bluegrass culture as reporter Andreas Horchler discovered.

The amazing history of the world's most famous diamond mirrors the history of South Asia. First discovered in medieval India, the diamond went on a chequered journey across countries and continents. It's a thrilling story of wars and wealth, treason and secrets - and about a curse. An in-depth documentary about the Koh-i-Noor in this special edition.

Topics: In Indonesia, millions don't have birth certificates, which leads to many problems -- Press Freedom and the situation of journalists in 2017 -- Disrupting the gangster pipeline in South Africa

How Brazil's black Quilombo communities try to counter racial discrimination / Why Bolivia plans to exploit its extensive Lithium resources / The threat of HIV/ AIDS in China's Yunnan province / How people in Kenya use and abuse the belief in witchcraft.

This week on the show: as winter approaches, we take an in-depth look at the plight of asylum seekers in Greece's island camps. We'll also meet a group of German women trapped in Gaza, and visit India's "chess village."

This week, we explore borders and going beyond them. We visit Ai Wei Wei's Fences Exhibition in New York City and find out how the Malecon, the ocean boulevard in Cuba's capital Havana, symbolizes the hopes and dreams of Cubans, many of whom will never cross the ocean that surrounds their island.

Do you ever think about privacy? About the traces you leave in the on- and offline world? Sometimes that's a conscious decision, but more often than not we don't know how much data has been accumulated - and by whom. That's not so much of a mystery in China. The authorities there have rolled out a social credit system that they want to introduce all over the country by 2020.

An increasing number of global cities are moving ahead on climate action, putting sustainable solutions in practice. The US city of Pittsburgh and the South African capital, Tshwane (Pretoria) are champions for innovations. Mayors Bill Peduto and Solly Msimanga discuss challenges and the sustainable future of their cities in this special edition. (Special thanks to city network ICLEI)

Topics: Rising Water threatens Fiji communities - climate migration and human rights - Solar revolution in rural Kenya