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Australia's camel cull

Camel owner and BBC Somali reporter Issa Abdul talks camels with BBC Afghan camel historian Dawood Azami.

Australia’s decision to cull wild camels has shocked many Somali-speakers, for whom camels have a huge cultural significance. We bring together BBC Somali reporter and camel owner Issa Abdul and BBC Afghan’s Dawood Azami, who’s investigated the 19th century Afghans who came with the original camels to Australia.

Soju: Korean rice-wine
Historically soju was a drink for men and male bonding, but more recently it’s been pitched at female consumers, with advertising by young female K-Pop stars. Woongbee Lee of BBC Korean has been looking into the changing face of soju.

The oldest Europeans in the United States
A group of Spanish-speakers in New Mexico claim to be the oldest European community in the United States. The BBC's Luis Fajardo heard that their ancestors arrived four centuries ago as Spanish colonisers.

Nepal’s elusive snow leopards
GPS tracking collars were recently fitted to two snow leopards in Nepal’s Shey-Phoksundo National Park. BBC Nepali's Surendra Phuyal knows the area well, so what kind of information and data are they gathering so far?

My Home Town: Keren, Eritrea
Tesfalem Araia of BBC Tigrinya takes us to his home town, Eritrea's second largest city Keren.

Image: Feral camel on red earth track, Australia
Credit: Auscape Universal Images Group via Getty Images

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