It’s difficult enough being a journalist in a politically divided country and it’s even more dangerous when the TV stations are owned by rival parties.
That’s the case in Lebanon where news teams are routinely attacked as Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr explains from Beirut.
As international forces struggle against a resurgent Taliban, the Afghan conflict remains in the balance. Provinces in the south and east of Afghanistan are suffering the heaviest fighting, in particular, Kandahar.Zeina Khodr reports on its Arab cemetery and how it’s become a place of pilgrimage.
Women have experienced more freedom since the Taliban was overthrown in Afghanistan. But some still face abuse from men unwilling to accomodate change.Zeina Khodr has the story of one woman in Kandahar who, despite regular death threats, is dedicated to policing women’s rights.
UNIFIL, the UN force tasked with keeping the peace in Southern Lebanon, has been beefed up with more troops and a stronger mandate.
But despite this, it fears a violent backlash after February’s killing of a top Hezbollah leader.
Zeina Khodr has more.
People & Power look at the campaign against a new runway at Heathrow airport and and Keith Lane turns the tragedy of his wife’s suicide into a force for saving the lives of others.