Channel 4 - Unreported World

Mexico: Seven Days in Hell

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:04:00 +0000

This week's Unreported World travels to Mexico where international demand for cocaine in the US and Europe has led to the deaths of thousands in a brutal war between gangs fighting for control of cocaine trafficking routes. Reporter Evan Williams and Director Alex Nott provide a snapshot of seven days of death in Culiacan, capital of the northern state of Sinaloa.

Yemen: Exodus

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:22:00 +0000

This week's Unreported World reveals an unseen human catastrophe unfolding in Yemen as thousands of desperate refugees fleeing the chaos and carnage in the Horn of Africa suffer terrible ill-treatment as they cross the Gulf of Aden on their way to the Promised Land of Arabia.

Thailand: Lessons in Terror

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:46:00 +0000

This week's Unreported World reveals how just several hours drive away from the tourist hotspot of Phuket, Islamic extremists are waging a murderous campaign against Buddhist teachers in a largely hidden conflict which has turned hundreds of primary schools into bloody battlegrounds.

Nigeria: Child Brides, Stolen Lives

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:36:00 +0000

This week's Unreported World reveals the devastating effects of child marriage and pregnancy in Nigeria, where nearly half of all girls in the country's northern states are married by the age of 15, often to much older men.

Venezuela: Cult of the Thugs

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:50:00 +0000

This week's Unreported World reveals how Venezuelans are increasingly turning to a mystical cult that worships the spirits of dead Robin Hood-style gangsters as they seek supernatural protection from a crime wave that the police seem unable to contain.

Philippines' Dirty War

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:57:00 +0000

This week's Unreported World travels to the Philippines where a war over control of the country's resources is raging between rich and poor. On one side, the 135 families who hold economic and political power in the country, supported by the government and military, and on the other an armed rebel group. Caught in the middle are hundreds of students, activists and left wing politicians who have been killed or disappeared without trace.

Paraguay's Painful Harvest

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 13:16:00 +0000

This week's Unreported World comes from Paraguay, which has become one of the world's biggest suppliers of genetically modified soya - much of it destined to feed cattle that ends up on European plates. The programme reveals how our demand for meat is driving the industrial farming of soya to epic proportions. It's a phenomenon that's led to violent clashes between peasants, foreign landowners and the police, and accusations that insecticides sprayed on the crops are causing serious birth defects.

Abkhazia: Valley Of The Lost

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:31:00 +0000

Fighting in Georgia's breakaway republic of South Ossetia grabbed the headlines this summer. But, as this week's Unreported World reveals, in Georgia's other breakaway republic, Abkhazia, a tragedy was secretly unfolding.

India: God's Own Country

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:14:00 +0100

The popular South Indian tourist destination Kerala sells itself as 'God's own country'. It's home to hundreds of ashrams - spiritual retreats where thousands of pilgrims from India, Britain and the rest of the world seek salvation through a growing number of gurus. But, as this week's Unreported World reveals, Kerala's 3,000 "godmen" are facing allegations of varying degrees of seriousness ranging from fraud to physical and sexual abuse.

South Africa: Body Parts for Sale

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:45:00 +0100

Channel 4's acclaimed foreign affairs strand returns with an eye-opening, and horrifying, investigation into 'Muti Murder' in South Africa. While the country is modernising fast, Unreported World reveals how hundreds of people, including children, have been killed for body parts destined for the booming practise of traditional medicine and talks to a 'healer' who claims he tortures and kills people for his trade.

Kenya's Human Time Bomb

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:39:00 +0100

Kenyan born reporter Aidan Hartley reports from Kenya on the exploding population problem, one of the root causes of the recent violence, and a crisis which may yet lead to the complete implosion of what has been Africa's most stable democracy.

Brazil: The Amazon's Golden Curse

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:14:00 +0100

Unreported World travels to the heart of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest to reveal just how some of the Earth's most isolated people are being affected by the world's financial crisis causing the price of gold to rise to record levels.

Benin: Voodoo Children

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:14:00 +0100

In the tiny West African country of Benin, voodoo is trapping thousands in poverty and causing some families to sell their children into slavery.

Gaza: Reign of the Rockets

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:23:00 +0000

Israel and Hamas are on collision course, each new incursion or terror attack propelling them towards outright war. It is a confrontation with the potential to set a new standard for horrific violence in the Middle East.

Sudan: Meet the Janjaweed

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:56:00 +0000

Unreported World secures unprecedented access to one of the main Arab militias accused of belonging to the infamous Janjaweed, who are blamed for the atrocities in Darfur.