Kenya to Somaliland
Simon Reeve travels from the coral coast of Kenya to the troubled Horn of Africa on the third leg of his Indian Ocean journey.
Simon Reeve travels from the coral coast of Kenya to the troubled Horn of Africa on the third leg of his Indian Ocean journey.
On the stunning and remote island of Kiwayu, he meets women who make a living from making handicrafts from the mountains of plastic pollution that fetch up on their beach. But this is also the site of the tragic murder of British tourist David Tebbutt and the kidnapping of his wife Judith by Somali pirates.
In war-torn Mogadishu, capital of Somalia and source of the piracy epidemic in the Indian Ocean, Simon travels with the African peacekeeping force Amisom. On the frontline, with bullets flying around, Simon learns that these underfunded Ugandan soldiers are actually fighting a bloody war with al-Shabaab, a violent Islamist militia linked to al-Qaida.
In neighbouring Somaliland, Simon meets some of the thousands of Somalis fleeing the fighting and famine as well as some of the pirates, locked up in prison.
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Simon Reeve with UN soldiers in Mogadishu
Duration: 02:49
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Simon Reeve helps build a home
Duration: 01:55
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Simon Reeve in Mogadishu
Duration: 02:23
Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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00:18
±«Óãtv National Orchestra of Wales
Pet Keepers
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00:25
Mulatu Astatke
Yegelle Tezeta
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00:28
Jóhann Jóhannsson
Melodia (II)
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00:34
Battles
B+T
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00:44
Fela Kuti, Sahr Ngaujah & Lillias White
Zombie
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Simon Reeve |
Executive Producer | Sam Bagnall |
Producer | Andrew Carter |
Director | Andrew Carter |
Broadcasts
- Sun 13 May 2012 20:05±«Óãtv HD & ±«Óãtv Two
- Tue 15 May 2012 22:30±«Óãtv HD
- Mon 16 Jul 2012 00:25
- Mon 27 Aug 2012 00:00±«Óãtv HD
- Sun 28 Oct 2012 19:00
- Sun 28 Oct 2012 23:00±«Óãtv Two Wales
- Thu 18 Jul 2013 20:00±«Óãtv Two except Northern Ireland & Scotland
- Sat 20 Jul 2013 17:10±«Óãtv Two Northern Ireland
- Thu 5 May 2016 16:15
- Wed 1 Feb 2017 15:25
- Thu 29 Mar 2018 16:10
- Wed 29 Jan 2020 13:30
- Wed 29 Jan 2020 14:15±«Óãtv Two except Scotland
- Thu 7 Apr 2022 16:15±«Óãtv Two except Scotland
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