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World Service,14 May 2015,55 mins

Burundi 'coup' has East Africa on edge

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As a coup attempt is launched in Burundi to try to overthrow President Pierre Nkurunziza, we hear how the unrest could destabilise neighbouring countries in East Africa. Facebook joins up with nine big news providers, including the BBC, to provide Instant Articles on mobile phones. But who'll gain most from the new arrangement and what will it mean for the future of journalism? After the reported killing of a senior Islamic State commander in an air strike, what chances of a concerted campaign to retake the northern Iraqi city of Mosul? We speak to the governor of Mosul's Nineveh Province, Atheel al-Nujaifi. Following the fatal Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia, is the ensuing debate about the state of US infrastructure justified? And can a chicken tell you how it's feeling? We speak to a researcher who thinks he might have cracked squawk talk. We're joined throughout the programme by Jyoti Malhotra, of India Today, in Delhi and Peter Morici, of the University of Maryland, who joins us from Washington.

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