About this season
Unreported World is a foreign affairs programme produced by Quicksilver Media Productions and broadcast by Channel 4 in the United Kingdom. Over the course of its twenty-four series, reporters have travelled all over the world in an attempt to uncover stories usually ignored by the world media.
Episodes (7)
1. Congo: The Real Mobile Phone War
Aired 28 September 2001
Juliana Ruhfus finds that the lucrative mining of the ore coltan from which tantalum is extracted, and used in the production of mobile phones, is at the root of the war in Congo.
2. Chechnya: Being Nice to Mr Putin
Aired 5 October 2001
Marcel Theroux investigates life and conditions in Chechnya and how European governments are deliberately ignoring Russian atrocities and oppression in order to maintain good diplomatic and business relations with Russia.
3. Bolivia: Coca or Death
Aired 12 October 2001
Sandra Jordan looks at the American policy of trying to solve its cocaine drugs problems by eradicating coca production in Bolivia and the consequences and effects this has on the country and its population.
4. Colombia's Oil Fix
Aired 26 October 2001
Saira Shah finds that the oil boom in Colombia has caused an increase in misery and violence for much of the population.
5. Islam and America through the Eyes of Imran Khan
Aired 2 November 2001
Imran Khan travels around Pakistan to reveal attitudes towards America, Osama Bin Laden and the military campaign and bombings in Afghanistan.
6. China: Handle with Care
Aired 9 November 2001
Jonathan Miller looks at the economic growth of China and the price behind such economic success in terms of society and the treatment of workers.
7. Mauritania: Selling the Future
Aired 16 November 2001
Kim Willsher reports on the impact of the European Union's fishing agreement on fishermen in Mauritania.