Ukraine: Reporting war at home
Reporting a war at home, and why protests and waving Ukrainian flags matters, with Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Ukrainian’s Irena Taranyuk and Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ 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 Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Ukrainian's Irena Taranyuk and Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ 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
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ 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 Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ 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. Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ 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 12:06GMTÄ¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ World Service
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