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Homs – where two utterly different worlds coexist
Ahead of his departure from Syria where the battle to oust President Bashar al-Assad rages, Channel 4 News’ chief correspondent Alex Thomson delivers his final dispatch.
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Most athletes coming to the London Olympics are thinking of medals, writes Jamal Osman. But for Mohamed and Samsam, their greatest achievement was reaching here safely.
Ahead of his departure from Syria where the battle to oust President Bashar al-Assad rages, Channel 4 News’ chief correspondent Alex Thomson delivers his final dispatch.
Somali reporter Jamal Osman is named journalist of the year at the One World media awards for a collection of his films for Channel 4 News.
Jamal Osman describes the difficulties facing sporting officials and Olympic hopefuls in a country where athletes could be shot at any time by rebels or security forces.
The latest arrest in Somalia of a British man alleged to be a member of al-Shabaab is an unusual case, writes reporter Jamal Osman.
Succulent lamb culture has permeated to a degree that, as one prominent Glasgow tabloid journalist put it: “The press -a really critical check and balance in the normal way of things, had been more or less destroyed in Glasgow.”
There’s a sale on at Ibrox. In the Rangers Megastore they took the shirts down a while ago, then slashed the price again. You can get all manner of bargains. 75 per cent off. And you can buy Ibrox too.
Channel 4 News scoops three awards from the Royal Television Society, including recognition for the documentary Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields made by ITN Productions.
Over the last five months, the Thai border police have made a series of spectacular animal seizures in the north east. Tens of thousands of dogs have been discovered, stuffed into ‘pig cages’, with ten or sometimes even fifteen animals packed into each one. Channel 4 News’ Asia correspondent John Sparks reports.
The UK’s increasing international aid programme will inevitably become more exposed to corruption and fraud, according to a new independent watchdog.
Heavy rains in Mogadishu have swept away makeshift camps housing people fleeing from famine. Channel 4 News hears from a charity worker who met a woman whose daughter was lost in the deluge.
The death of one of the world’s worst tyrants on Thursday made it impossible for me to report that we are now three months on since the UN declared a famine in southern Somalia, writes Jonathan Rugman.
Having crossed the Somali border on Sunday to launch operation Protect Kenya, the Kenyan army now faces a tough fight for control of Afmadow, reports defence analyst Anthony Tucker-Jones.
As Kenya goes to war on al-Shabaab, defence analyst Anthony Tucker-Jones writes for Channel 4 News on Nairobi’s desperate efforts to contain Somalia’s troublesome militants.
As Kenyan troops enter Somalia to try and root out al-Shabaab fighters suspected of recent kidnappings, an analyst tells Channel 4 News this shows how little power the central Somali government has.