20/04/2009

Human stories from behind the global headlines. With Matthew Bannister.

Piracy in Somalia
We talk to the author Jay Bahadur who's been tracking down the pirates in Somalia. Is it money or power that drives them to seize boats and kidnap crews?

Rain in Zambia
Our reporter in Zambia, Joe Fidgen, witnesses a colourful, yearly event for the Lozi people: the celebration of rain. She watches as the King takes his special barge from the flooded plains to higher, drier ground.

The New York Public Library
The President of The New York Public Library, Paul LeClerc, joins us on OUTLOOK to talk about why the global downturn is encouraging more and more people to use his library.