Ukraine: Reporting war at home
Reporting a war at home, and why protests and waving Ukrainian flags matters, with Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Ukrainian’s Irena Taranyuk and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Monitoring’s Vitaliy Shevchenko.
How does it feel to report on the world's biggest story when it also happens to be about your home? We hear from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Ukrainian's Irena Taranyuk and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Monitoring's Vitaliy Shevchenko about the challenges of reporting and living the story, sifting truth from sophisticated misinformation, and the impact of protests and support from around the world.
Sexism in Somalia
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Africa Eye's recent film, 'Somalia, sexism and me', shows the everyday sexism and harassment Maryama Omar, a female camerawoman in Mogadishu, faces. It's something that Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Somali's Bella Sheegow can relate to from her own experiences of reporting in Somalia.
Let's play AlWird!
Wordle became an international hit, with millions trying to guess the daily 5-letter word in only 6 attempts. Now there are equivalents in other languages, including Arabic. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Arabic's Yanita Georgieva tells the story of how AlWird came about.
(Photo: Ukrainian flags alongside a British Union Jack outside a London pub, March 2022. Credit: Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
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- Fri 25 Mar 2022 12:06GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service
- Fri 25 Mar 2022 23:06GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
- Sat 26 Mar 2022 03:06GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service except Australasia