Ethiopia: Your questions answered

Our Africa correspondent Catherine Byaruhanga is in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa and has been answering audience questions about the ongoing conflict between the government and forces from Tigray and Oromia regions.The BBC has not been able to broadcast from the capital for the last eight months and Catherine explains what people have been telling her about the tensions.

The official opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics has taken place at Beijing's Bird's Nest stadium. We hear messages from the Chinese people about their country hosting the event impacted by the pandemic and politics. Our China media analyst explains the conversations taking place on Chinese social media about the event and the controversy surrounding the Games over China’s human rights record.

One of our regular coronavirus health experts, Marc Mendelson, at the University of Cape Town, answers listener’s coronavirus questions. You can send in a question via WhatsApp on +447730 751925

(Photo: A general view of the skyline of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia November 3, 2021. Credit: Tiksa Negeri//File P/Reuters)