Unreported World S07E15 · Nigeria: Fire in the Delta

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Matt McAllester reports from Ogoniland where he witnesses extreme poverty within one of the richest oil fields in the world.

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1. 1 1. Sri Lanka: Tigers in the Shadows2006-04-21Sandra Jordan gains access to Tamil Tiger training camps and examines the effects of the long-running war between Tigers and government.
2. 2 2. Kenya: Democracy in the Dumps2006-04-28Aidan Hartley travels to the Dandora slums near Nairobi where gun crime and abject poverty show the growing divide between rich and poor.
3. 3 3. Western Sahara: Storm in the Sahara2006-05-05Khaled Khazziha, in a refugee camp, meets Mohamed Abdelaziz, President of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic, a country not officially recognised by Morocco.
4. 4 4. Philippines: City of Guilt2006-05-12Sharmeen Obaid-Chinay looks at the impact of the government's pro-life policy on women as illegal abortions have left 80,000 seriously injured.
5. 5 5. Nepal: Kingdom on the Edge2006-05-19Sandra Jordan reports from Kathmandu during the pro-democracy demonstrations of April 2006.
6. 6 6. Turkey: Europe's Hidden War2006-05-26Matthew McAllester travels to Diyarbakir to find out about the rekindling of a war between Turkish troops and the Kurdish PKK group.
7. 7 7. Malaysia: Asia's Slaves2006-06-02Ramita Navai examines the plight of those Indonesian workers who, with their passports retained by their employers, are abused and treated as slaves.
8. 8 8. Chad and Sudan (Dafur)2006-06-09Peter Oborne finds evidence that the Janjawiid have crossed over from the Darfur region of Sudan into Chad to commit atrocities against civilians.
9. 9 9. Democratic Republic of Congo2006-06-23Aidan Hartley uncovers evidence of UN troops supporting the Congolese government in a war against local militia.
10. 10 10. Brazil: Slum Warfare2006-06-30Khaled Khazziha films in a favela in Rio de Janeiro, with the permission of the local drug-lords who run it as a state within a state.
11. 11 11. South Africa: The New Apartheid2006-10-13Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy reports on a huge rise in illegal immigration that has led to an increase in racism and xenophobic violence.
12. 12 12. West Papua: Rainforest Warriors2006-10-20Reporter Evan Williams and Director Siobhan Sinnerton spend three weeks undercover in West Papua, an outlying province of Indonesia in the Western Pacific, which is home to the wor
13. 13 13. India's Hidden War2006-10-27Sandra Jordan exposes how India's aspirations for a superpower economy are resulting in an increasingly bloody civil war.
14. 14 14. Guatemala: City of the Dead2006-11-03Ramita Navai exposes how areas of the country’s capital have degenerated into violent lawlessness in a three way battle between gangs, vigilante groups and the security forces.
15. 15 15. Nigeria: Fire in the Delta2006-11-10Matt McAllester reports from Ogoniland where he witnesses extreme poverty within one of the richest oil fields in the world.
16. 16 16. Lebanon on the Brink2006-11-17Kate Seelyle reports from Lebanon as it struggles to rebuild following Israeli bombardment.
17. 17 17. Mexico: The Longest Journey2006-11-24Sandra Jordan reports on the perilous three-month journey taken each year by thousands of migrants desperate to get into the USA.
18. 18 18. Afghanistan: Nevermind the Taliban2006-12-01Kate Clark investigates how Western intervention has produced a Mafia-style state in northern Afghanistan.
19. 19 19. Japan: Red Sun Rising2006-12-08Evan Williams on how an increasingly influential far-right nationalist movement is trying to persuade the Japanese government to rewrite the country's constitution and become a nuc
20. 20 20. Somalia: Hearts, Minds and Holy War2006-12-15Aidan Hartley takes a look at the militant Union of Islamic Courts, which has effected the most successful Islamic revolution since 9/11.