Sudan, Spain and Morocco

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Two stories of struggle and trying to make ends meet in North Africa. In Khartoum, James Copnall explains why the city has been largely sheltered from the violence around Sudan's periphery for years - and how protest finally spread to the capital this year. Rising fuel prices were the trigger, and the security forces' response was harsh. What does it all spell for the future of President Omar al-Bashir and his ruling National Congress Party? And in Melilla, the tiny Spanish enclave on the Moroccan coast, Linda Pressly hears about the hard lives and heavy loads of the "mule women": human hauliers who porter huge loads of goods into Morocco to avoid import taxes. Presenter: Pascale Harter Producer: Polly Hope Photo credit: Sudanese President Omar al Bashir at a rally in Khartoum, 2012 - Ebrahim Hamid / AFP / Getty Images