大象传媒

Alan Johnston introduces wit and analysis from 大象传媒 correspondents around the world. In this edition, Andrew Hosken sees the effects of drought in Somalia on the ground - and from the air, while Denis Murray traces the historical roots of Northern Ireland's notoriously fractious "marching season".

Where even the camels are dying

The world is now beginning to realise that the drought in the Horn of Africa is extremely serious. Across the region, livestock and people are suffering as the seasonal rains have failed for the last three years. And in Somalia, the impact is being compounded by the ongoing, violent chaos of the civil war.

Andrew Hosken travelled there, and has seen how urgently the international community needs to respond.

An annual trip to the edge?

Over the last few days there's been trouble again in the streets of Northern Ireland. Youths wearing masks have been hurling stones and petrol bombs; ranks of riot police have fired rubber bullets.

The animosities between Catholic and Protestant communities have deep historical roots, and are often at their most acute this time of year. Because, as Dennis Murray explains, it's what they call "the marching season".