BBC World Service - The Fifth Floor

A celebration of peace

Ethiopia’s Oromo and Somali communities meet to celebrate a commitment to peace

El Morro: yachts, canals, and security

BBC Africa’s Vauldi Carelse tells the stories of men killed in Cape Town’s Blikkiesdorp

Ebola has hit almost every place BBC Africa's Gaius Kowene has lived, as he explains

Smoke, scorched shoes and unbearable heat: life for India's brick makers

How I discovered my forefathers traded not only in goods, but also in slaves

Hope and love in spite of war, and a blood covered gun that began a friendship

The sale of Tutankhamun’s head reveals Egypt’s complex relationship with its heritage.

Can the powerful forces opposing Pakistan’s polio vaccination programme be overcome?

Meet Kenya’s language teams, and hear stories of camels, wigs, markets and tastes of home