Buying Ex-army Scrap in Kandahar

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Mamoon Durrani, who contributes to the BBC's Afghan service, describes the scrap markets that have sprung up in Kandahar selling ex-army equipment from the military bases that are closing down as the international forces leave Afghanistan. He's seen car parts, washing machines and even military fatigues being sold for crazy prices. Also in the programme: Morsi and Sisi This week the former President of Egypt Mohammed Morsi was in the dock, and rather extraordinarily, sealed in a glass box to mute his protests. In the same week, the man widely tipped to be his successor - General al-Sisi - was endorsed by the army to run for the presidency. The rivalry between these two men has fascinated Egyptian media. BBC Arabic's Dina Demrdash reports. Mixtape: Brazil Bruno Garcez of BBC Brasil spins the first ever Fifth Floor mixtape. He chooses tracks from unexpected areas of Brazil where techno, Afrobeat, "guitarrada" and groove all thrive - sometimes in the same piece of music. And he explains why his tracks reflect the Caribbean and African influences as well as international trends. Online Greatest Hits Fifi Haroon gives the low down on the top-hitting stories across the Language Service websites, including flatulent German cows and placenta recipes. Fleeing Bor BBC Media Action's Manyang David Mayar was among the thousands of civilians fleeing heavy fighting in Bor, a market town on the Nile river in South Sudan. When fierce fighting erupted between two factions of government in December, he decided to seek sanctuary for his family in a makeshift camp in the bush. Dishonouring the Family Name? A court in India has begun hearing a case where a father is suing his son for ruining the family name, because he married a woman of a lower caste. He says his son has demolished nearly 400 years of family tradition. Marrying for love in India has never been a smooth business as Suhail Haleem from Delhi explains. Currency Crisis So how do you cope when your country's currency goes awol? They call it devaluation - and Buenos Aires has just seen its most dramatic in a decade. Language service journalists from Argentina, Azerbaijan, Brazil and Zimbabwe share stories of economic woes of when their money becomes worthless. The Fifth Floor is presented by David Amanor. Image: Boys push wheelbarrows through a market in Afghanistan. Credit: AFP