Documentary
Russia’s Madagascar Election Gamble
| BBC | A BBC Africa Eye investigation has revealed that at least six candidates were offered money by Russians in the lead up to last year’s presidential elections in Madagascar. The presence of Russian political strategists with close ties…
- 2019
- Corruption, Bribery
Stealing from the Sick
| BBC | Everyone in Uganda is entitled to free medicine to combat killer diseases like malaria. Despite Government efforts to improve access to essential medicines, a significant number of people have to use private facilities because of frequent stockouts….
- 2017
- Deficient government, Bribery
Imported for my body: The African women trafficked to India for sex
| BBC | BBC Africa Eye uncovered an illegal network that lures women to India from Africa, where they are then forced into sex work to satisfy the demands of the many African men living in Delhi. The women are…
The Trees That Bleed: How rosewood is smuggled from Senegal into Gambia
| BBC | The rosewood tree is one of the most trafficked species on earth. When it’s cut it bleeds a blood-red sap. Having exhausted stocks elsewhere, Chinese traders have turned to West Africa, especially southern Senegal, where trees are…
- 2020
- Environmental Crime
Gangsters, Golf and Greenbacks
| BBC | An African construction giant mired in debt and on the verge of collapsing hires in two highly-paid British bosses to try and bring it back from the brink. Eighteen months later the business is bust, hundreds of…
The Money Stone: Underground with a child gold miner in Ghana
| BBC | Alongside the vast gold fields of Ghana are thousands of illegal mines or galamsey, where unskilled miners dream of hitting the big time. These mines rely mainly on children who abandon an education in an attempt to…
- 2020
- Business ethics
Cashing in on Covid: Ghana hospital workers sell PPE for personal profit
| BBC | More than 2,000 medical workers in Ghana have been infected by coronavirus since the outbreak began. The country has faced a severe lack of essential protective equipment like face shields, masks and suits. Our investigation with Anas…
The Baby Stealers
| BBC | A year long investigation by BBC Africa Eye has uncovered damning evidence of a thriving underground network in Kenya that snatches babies from their mothers and sells them for a profit. The secretive and highly lucrative trade…
- 2020
- Human trafficking, Power abuse
Profits before Pupils?
| BBC Panorama | More than 7,000 schools in England have been turned into academies and are now run by private trusts. The people in charge are not supposed to profit from children’s education, but what’s to stop them from…
- 2018
- Business ethics, Power abuse
The Universal Credit Crisis
| BBC Panorama | As the government’s controversial new benefits system, universal credit, is rolled out, Panorama is with families as they struggle with their claims. The programme follows one council as it deals with mounting rent arrears and tenants…