Former youth football coach Barry Bennell, one of the top talent spotters in Britain with ties to major clubs like Manchester City and Crewe Alexandra, spent his days coaching children and his nights abusing them.Al Jazeera’s Investigative U

Sleepless in Yemen

Dec 27th, 2017 28m 31s

For almost 3 years now, Yemeni aid workers Anas Shahari and Sukaina Sharafuddin have gone to bed hearing Saudi fighter jets circling over their city, Sanaa. Through WhatsApp voice messages, they tell our host Jasmin Bauomy what that’s like.P

America’s poorest white town

Dec 21st, 2017 16m 53s

This week we take you to America’s poorest county and to a tiny town that never changes, regardless of who’s in power in Washington - Republicans or Democrats. Welcome to Booneville. Population: 87.On the show: Patrick Strickland, Al Jazeera

Trafficking Romanian women

Dec 13th, 2017 30m 30s

In 2016, roughly 800 Romanians were trafficked in Western Europe. Most of them were women. Most of them were forced into prostitution and violently abused. Today on the Debrief - a woman who was trafficked, a woman who saved her, and a traff

Resisting Rodrigo Duterte

Dec 4th, 2017 22m 55s

This week on The Debrief: our correspondent Ted Regencia on the opposition to Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs, the rise of vigilantism, and its human cost. On the show: Al Jazeera journalist @tedregencia. Our host is @mo

Rape, peacekeeping and the UN

Nov 27th, 2017 23m 33s

A couple of weeks ago we took you on a harrowing journey to the Central African Republic. Al Jazeera journalist Azad Essa told you about the effects of rape and exploitation at the hands of UN peacekeepers, and about how victims are often left

Poop, radio & inspiration in a Nairobi slum

Nov 20th, 2017 22m 50s

This week on The Debrief, Al Jazeera’s Hassan Ghani goes to Kibera to find stories that take us beyond the miserable stats and hardship of life in poverty - a young man bringing toilets to the slum, a mother going to school to ensure a better l

Palestinian supermom

Nov 13th, 2017 20m

Manal Tamimi wears many hats: mother, activist and a Palestinian resisting occupation, alongside her children. For her, these roles are inseparable because she’s part of a family that has become known for their protests in the village of Nabi S

India's motorcycle ambulance

Nov 8th, 2017 10m 52s

When Karimul Haque's mother died because she couldn't get to a hospital, he swore no one else in his village of Dhalabari, in India's West bengal state, would suffer the same fate.For the last 20 years, he's used his motorcycle as an ambulan

Greek gym mixes Muay Thai and anti-fascism

Oct 30th, 2017 18m 1s

At the White Tiger Muay Thai Camp in Athens, they believe that your politics should be a part of every aspect of your life. You don’t just learn martial arts here. If you’re an anarchist and an anti-fascist, the camp is a place where your belie

Rape and peacekeeping in a forgotten corner of Africa

Oct 23rd, 2017 15m 37s

UN peacekeepers are sent to the most war-ravaged countries on Earth, ostensibly to help them transition to peace. But some soldiers stand accused of committing crimes against the very people they are supposed to protect.We take you on a harr

Reporting the Rohingya refugee crisis

Oct 16th, 2017 23m 25s

Myanmar's military crackdown on the country's Rohingya has resulted in the killing of more than 400 men, women and children and has driven hundreds of thousands out of the country.More than 500,000 Rohingya refugees are now in Bangladeshi re

How fake news almost destroyed two Kenyan tribes

Oct 9th, 2017 11m 6s

Rumours made two tribes go to war in rural Kenya, until they learned the facts.In August of 2012, two major tribes in Kenya’s Tana River District took part in some of the worst ethnic clashes in the country’s history.The Orma, nomadic cat

One Iraqi father's search for his son

Oct 2nd, 2017 17m 31s

An Iraqi ex-intelligence officer turned refugee tries to find his missing son. It's been two years since Jamal's youngest son vanished without a trace. Equipped with the skills he gained from Saddam Hussein's secret service, Jamal is reconst

Venezuela: No Money, Mo’ Problems

Sep 25th, 2017 11m 56s

Venezuela used to be the richest country in Latin America, sitting on the world’s largest oil reserves. Yet Venezuelans are scrambling for money, food and basic necessities. More than 100 people were killed in protests since April last year.

When a journalist is arrested in Kashmir

Sep 18th, 2017 8m 27s

Just last year, 48 journalists were killed on the job, around the world. More than 5 times that number were thrown in prison.What happens to journalists when they’re beaten up, locked up and tortured? What do they do when they get death thre

Prison Island

Sep 11th, 2017 18m 14s

You wouldn’t expect a 19-year-old to write “we are ready to die” when filling out a form. That’s exactly what happened in August 2017, when Maryam, a young Iranian refugee, put pen to paper on Nauru island, where the Australian government ru

The Antifa Granny

Sep 4th, 2017 12m 37s

Meet Irmela Mensah-Schramm - 70 years old and part of Germany’s long history of anti-fascism. For more than 30 years, Irmela has defaced some 100,000 public manifestations of far-right sentiments - graffiti, posters and stickers. Her one-person

Welcome to The Debrief

Aug 24th, 2017 2m 31s

A message from our editor Yasir Khan: Al Jazeera English is launching a new audio podcast. In this introduction to our programme we explain what we do and how we do it.Join us on the ride. And tell us what you think at [email protected]

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