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Home in a pandemic

Is home a place or a feeling? Has the virus changed our sense of ‘home’? #thecomb

• 20 mins

Digital debt trap

Is Kenya's hustler generation getting caught out by digital borrowing?

• 18 mins

Sand wars

Killing for sand: a village shaken by one of the biggest resource battles of our time

• 19 mins

Two sisters

Raised apart in Ghana and Germany, two sisters reflect on roots, race and opportunity

• 20 mins

Stopping the lies

Spreading lies online can ruin lives. Do you know what you're sharing?

• 20 mins

Rethinking religion

Stories about losing belief and finding faith

• 22 mins

Racist AI

Can computers be racist? The unseen forces shaping our reality

• 22 mins

Easing pain

Confronting the realities of care for patients with the most severe illnesses

• 27 mins

Single women not welcome?

‘You probably have to lie’ - the burden of being a single woman trying to rent in Nigeria

• 24 mins

Lesotho's murder mystery

Murder in the mountains: the mysterious killing that unravelled Lesotho’s government

• 23 mins

Chagos Islands: Africa’s last British colony?

Evicted from paradise: The battle for control of the Chagos islands

• 24 mins

Access denied? Travelling on an African passport

Money, time and stigma - the cost of travelling on an African passport

• 26 mins

Darfur: Seeking justice

Does Sudan's new dawn finally mean a chance for justice?

• 28 mins

Women in gangs

Guns, drugs and violence - Why do some women choose the life of a Cape Town gangster?

• 24 mins

Adopted overseas

Love, security, and a crisis of identity? Two women’s experiences of overseas adoption

• 26 mins

African in America

The American Dream? Reckoning with racial identity in the wake of George Floyd and #BLM

• 31 mins

The Comb: Back soon!

Unpicking stories that matter to you. The Comb returns on 8 January 2021

• 1 min

Abortion: Breaking the silence

A ‘dark secret’ shared by many: the woman breaking taboos by sharing her abortion story

• 26 mins

Black tax

An unfair burden or a necessary responsibility? Finding the balance with black tax

• 23 mins

Tricked and shipped

Tricked by their parents into going back to Africa, Hannah and Arif tell their stories

• 26 mins

Our climate awakening

‘It’s a survival issue for us’. A new generation is fighting for the planet

• 24 mins

Angola, my family’s story

A surprise message inspired Marcia to discover more about her identity

• 22 mins

When are you getting married?

Pressure, prayers and persistent questions: The stigma of being unmarried

• 24 mins

Tigray: Separated by silence

The agony of not knowing. The Tigray diaspora cut off from their loved ones in crisis

• 27 mins

The list

‘A second chance at life’. Organ donation can save lives, so why is it still a taboo?

• 25 mins

Identity is the key

We all need a form of identification, but does it need to be digital?

• 22 mins

Epilepsy, not a curse

Myths, misconceptions and superstition. Why is epilepsy still so misunderstood?

• 23 mins

Tunisia: Life after revolution

Hope and disappointment. Young Tunisians reflect on life before and after the uprising

• 18 mins

Black in white skin

Living with albinism: Navigating issues of identity, race and beauty

• 26 mins

Left behind

Senegal’s missing men. What happens to communities left behind in the migrant crisis?

• 17 mins