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Today, the ever-present threat posed by drug cartels is all too real in the Mexican port

of Mazzanillo. We hear of the personal sacrifices the town's mayor has had to make to keep safe.

Hungary has faced criticism over its progress on women's rights. However, our correspondent

discovers it's leading the way when it comes to end-to-meetriosis care and fertility treatment.

We trek across the Argentine andes where we encounter thousands of pink flamingos and

a motion landscape that provides perfect preparation for a trip to the red planet.

And we're in South Africa's eastern Cape, where we embark on a linguistic challenge

during a visit to a rugby stadium. First, we're in the Democratic Republic of Congo,

which is currently witnessing multiple simultaneous conflicts over territory, ethnic tensions

and minerals. In the last month, fighting there between the M23 rebel group and the government

is believed to have displaced 300,000 people. The country faces a humanitarian crisis

without breaks of both measles and cholera, but the presence of other armed groups is

making the situation even more perilous. One group, the Allied Democratic Forces, has

reportedly killed more than 60 people in recent weeks and kidnapped many others, under

culture of impunity prevails. Hugh Kinsella Cunningham spoke to one woman who'd recently escaped

captivity in Benny Territory. Benny Territory is home to some of the most

beautiful rainforests and mountains in the world. Only a handful of foreigners will ever

visit here, under the Renzori Mountains, where the lush jungle is the epicenter of one

of Africa's most brutal insurgencies. A terror group, calling itself the Allied Democratic

Forces, or ADF, is at work here. It's pledged allegiance to Islamic state ideology and conducts

regular massacres and bombing attacks in the towns nestled in the forests. I'm here to

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