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Apr 9, 2024 | bbc.co.uk | Stephen SackurHardtalk |Smith Creek |Stephen Sackur

Smith Creek in Guyana's far northwest borderland with Venezuela is home to 300 people living in a collection of dilapidated cabins perched precariously on wooden stilts. A gaggle of young children, some naked, play on the muddy bankside of the salty, silty creek. Traditional canoes - carved out of single tree trunks - glide by, carrying families and their supplies. The nearest source of fresh, drinkable water is almost two hours of steady paddling away.

Jun 22, 2023 | bbc.com | Stephen SackurHardtalk |Cape Town |Stephen Sackur |Sam Hancock

Posted at 10:11 30 Jun10:11 30 JunNamibia is the last country in the southern hemisphere where seal harvesting is still practised, and its annual cull is set to begin on Saturday. Seal fur is sold for export and the government says culling its seal population helps to protect fish stocks. Some East Asian nations also import seal penises, which some men eat in the hope it will boost their virility.

Jun 22, 2023 | bbc.com | Farouk Chothia |Stephen SackurHardtalk |Cape Town |Stephen Sackur

Posted at 11:45 30 Jun11:45 30 JunBBC Arabic's Sudan Lifeline radioThe governor of Sudan’s North Darfur state says a mediation team formed in the city has been successful at making warring partiesreach a ceasefire and are providing basic services there. Nimir Abdel Rahman told the BBC's Sudan Lifeline radio station that while violations have occurred in the state from time to time, “allparties are now fully committed to the ceasefire, and fighting will not berenewed".