Enemies of Old
From Our Own Correspondent
BBC
4.4 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2017
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Somalia faces famine, ethnic conflict continues in Myanmar and the ‘She-Wolf’ retires. Kate Adie introduces correspondents’ stories from around the world.
On a rare trip into the remote Northern Shan State of Myanmar, Nick Sturdee meets one of the ethnic militias still at war with the military.
There are harrowing sights for Mary Harper in Somalia and Somaliland, as she sees for herself the toll that severe drought and threat of famine are taking on the population, particularly the children.
In contrast Will Grant finds something to celebrate for Cuba’s socialist leadership. As the annual May Day workers’ march took place, the US Congresswoman described by Fidel Castro as the ‘big bad she-wolf’ announced her retirement.
Elizabeth Hotson reflects on tales of the Cold War spies and challenges to press freedom, as she joins the Ski Club of International Journalists in France.
And in India, Melissa Van Der Klugt watches a tent being cleaned. Rajasthan's Royal Red Tent, which is taller than a double bus and made from exquisite silk, velvet and gold, is being given its first proper spring clean in 350 years.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the BBC. |
| 0:02.0 | And this is from our own correspondent. |
| 0:05.0 | This edition was first broadcast on May the 6th, 2017 on Radio 4. |
| 0:10.0 | Now here's Kate Aide. |
| 0:12.0 | Hello. |
| 0:14.0 | Today we hear the Cubans are celebrating a retirement. |
| 0:18.0 | Not a Castro, but someone Fidel called the Big Bad She Wolf. |
| 0:22.0 | Somalia faces famine and the rain which may signal the end of |
| 0:26.6 | a drought brings its own problems. You're thinking of a camping holiday, even the most organized campers are unlikely to rival a ten-year campers. a Royal Tent of India. And France, never mind the election, we have a tale of spying, censorship |
| 0:46.8 | and terrible skiing. When Aung San Suu Kyi became the de facto leader of Myanmar or Burma, after decades of unrestrained |
| 0:56.8 | military rulers and repression, she was a heroine to many. |
| 1:01.2 | But the hope of foreign leaders and her own supporters has taken a knock. |
| 1:06.0 | EU diplomats have backed a UN mission to investigate allegations of murder, torture and |
| 1:11.1 | rape of Rohingya Muslims by the country's security forces. |
| 1:15.0 | She's denied the allegations only conceding that the government still does not have full |
| 1:20.6 | control of the army. Fighting continues between Burmese forces and various armed ethnic groups, |
| 1:28.0 | and as Nick Sturdy found in one of the most remote and dangerous regions, |
| 1:32.0 | people seem resigned to an ongoing struggle. |
| 1:36.0 | It's been a four hour dusty and bumpy ride into the hills and we've stopped rather conspicuously in a village in northern Shan state 200 miles from the Chinese border. |
| 1:47.0 | Before the end of military rule in Myanmar in 2015, which swept Aung San Suu Kyi to government, even being here would have been unthinkable. |
| 1:56.4 | And today we're keeping our windows firmly closed, unwilling to show our faces. |
| 2:01.4 | Because we're trying to reach the Taang National Liberation Army, one of the country's |
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