Latest update: 26/11/2012 

- David Cameron - DR Congo - Egypt - European Union - Mohammed Morsi - Muslim Brotherhood - Rwanda


The World This Week - November 23rd, 2012 (part 2)

While the US fawns over Mohamed Mursi’s mediation role with Gaza, Egypt’s new president secures a tentative deal for a huge IMF loan and votes himself sweeping judicial powers. Also: the fall of Goma, why Cameron is putting himself in the firing line over Europe’s budget, and the implosion of France’s opposition.

  • Nicholas NORBROOK, Senior Editor, The Africa Report;
  • A. Craig COPETAS, Correspondent-at-large, Quartz/The Atlantic Group;
  • Christian MALARD, Senior Foreign Analyst, France 3;
  • Vivienne WALT, Contributor, Time Magazine.

    Watch the first part

    Programme produced and prepared by Paul Maakad, Sara Bertilsson and Mary Colombel

The World This Week - March 1st, 2013 (part 2)
01/03/2013 - THE WORLD THIS WEEK

The World This Week - March 1st, 2013 (part 2)

Our crack panel tackles bankers’ bonuses, the French hostage drama in West Africa, France’s loss of influence in the face of Russia, Beppe Grillo’s antics in Italy and the papal succession. Will the Vatican package a new pope just like Beaujolais Nouveau markets itself – every year it’s supposed to be different, but every year it tastes the same?
The World This Week - March 1st, 2013
01/03/2013 - THE WORLD THIS WEEK

The World This Week - March 1st, 2013

Our crack panel tackles bankers’ bonuses, the French hostage drama in West Africa, France’s loss of influence in the face of Russia, Beppe Grillo’s antics in Italy and the papal succession. Will the Vatican package a new pope just like Beaujolais Nouveau markets itself – every year it’s supposed to be different, but every year it tastes the same?
The World This Week - February 22nd, 2013 (part 2)
22/02/2013 - THE WORLD THIS WEEK

The World This Week - February 22nd, 2013 (part 2)

"Italy’s a nation run by old white men". In the run-up to a snap general election, François Picard’s panel explains the surge of anti-establishment comedian Beppe Grillo. Also, China’s cyber-hacking army and the slanging match over "lazy French workers".
The World This Week - February 22nd, 2013
22/02/2013 - THE WORLD THIS WEEK

The World This Week - February 22nd, 2013

"Italy’s a nation run by old white men". In the run-up to a snap general election, François Picard’s panel explains the surge of anti-establishment comedian Beppe Grillo. Also, China’s cyber-hacking army and the slanging match over "lazy French workers".
The World This Week - February 15th, 2013 (part 2)
15/02/2013 - THE WORLD THIS WEEK

The World This Week - February 15th, 2013 (part 2)

France’s former president is officially retired, but is a "Friends of Nicolas Sarkozy" website a dead giveaway of his true intentions for 2017? Also, the Vatican’s unprecedented papal handover, the Arab Spring two years on and how a hard look at Europe’s food chain uncovers much more than horsemeat.

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