Unreported World
Season 12 Episode 8 - The Battle for Ivory Coast
Reporter Seyi Rhodes and director Alex Nott arrive in Abidjan, the commercial capital of the Ivory Coast in West Africa, to report on the escalating political crisis. Instead they find themselves one of the few television crews to be there as terrifying violence tears apart a city that had been described as the Paris of West Africa. For four months President Laurent Gbagbo has clung to power - despite losing elections. As the team arrives fighters loyal to Alassane Outtara, who has won the UN-backed elections, are advancing towards the presidential palace.
Episodes in Season 12
India's Leprosy Heroes
Congo: The Children Who Came Back from the Dead
Nigeria: Sex, Lies and Black Magic
Pakistan: Defenders of Karachi
China's Lost Sons
24 min