BBC Radio 4 - From Our Own Correspondent

North of Timbuktu

Trying to bring peace to one of the earth's most inhospitable and lawless places

There's surprise as a question about democracy is asked in Bahrain.

There's surprise as a question about democracy is asked in Bahrain

There is anxiety in Turkey as people to go to the polls for a second time this year.

Anxiety in Turkey as people prepare to go to the polls for the second election this year

A comedian wins the presidency of one of the world's most violent nations

A comedian wins the presidency of one of the world's most violent nations.

The short walk with a two-thousand-year backdrop.

The short walk with a two thousand year backdrop

A wave of killings in the African state of Burundi and other despatches.