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16 June 2005: Programme Number 52

A SPECIAL INTERVIEW:
WITH UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL, IBRAHIM GAMBARI,
THE NEWLY-APPOINTED HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AFFAIRS



Ibrahim Agboola Gambari - former Foreign Minister of Nigeria - has just been appointed the new head of the UN's strategically-important Department of Political Affairs. This follows an illustrious academic and diplomatic career that's seen him as a professor in a number of universities in the USA and Nigeria.
But who is Ibrahim Gambari? What makes him tick? How does feel about Africa's reputation as the problem continent of the world?

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NEW WORLD BANK PRESIDENT GOES TO AFRICA, MARBURG BADLY AFFECTS ANGOLAN CHILDREN, AND THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL'S VISIT TO SOUTH SUDAN

Former US Deputy Defence Secretary Paul Wolfowitz travels to Africa, in his first month as the new president of the World Bank. "Africa will be my first priority for the Bank. The Bank has a unique role to play in Africa, and there is a unique need for the Bank in Africa"

From Angola, UNICEF officer Akhil Iyer tells us how the outbreak of the deadly Marburg disease is having a severe impact on hundreds of children.

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PILOT EDITION

Tenth anniversary of the Rwandan genocide: Why did the genocide happen? Why was the UN unable to prevent the killings or stop the massacres? What lessons have been learned? Transcript

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Reflections of the Genocide |
Photo | Exhibit |
Video of Memorial Conference
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