BBC World Service - Assignment

Saving in China

The Chinese government wants people to spend more and save less. Chris Hogg reports.

Six months on from a military revolt in Bangladesh Assignment asks what really happened.

Assignment gains rare access to a US base in Djibouti, Africa.

Five drug traffickers are pardoned in Afghanistan - justice or election deal making?

Sudan, four years after the peace treaty that ended the war between the North and South.

Assignment investigates the relationship between the US and the UK security services.

Winning hearts and minds in Pakistan. Jill McGivering reports for Assignment.

Chechnya's women face a growing threat of kidnap and violence. Lucy Ash reports.

Cambodia is experiencing an epidemic of so-called land grabbing. Rob Walker reports.

Christopher Landau gains unique access to the controversial Catholic Opus Dei movement.