Jonah Fisher

Wallace and Gromit creators open animation academy in South African township

August 14, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

Aardman Animations, the makers of the Oscar-winning animation series Wallace and Gromit, have opened an animation academy in a South African township, hoping to train the next generation of world-class animators.

Morgan Tsvangirai sworn into office by Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe

August 14, 2013Global Politics

Want good government in Zimbabwe? Start with a summit

August 14, 2013Global Politics

Despite claims from Mugabe, cholera epidemic rages on in Zimbabwe

August 14, 2013Health & Medicine

Thabo Mbeki returns to Zimbabwe to save power-sharing deal

August 14, 2013Global Politics

Tsvangirai and Mugabe talk about sharing power in Zimbabwe

August 14, 2013Global Politics

Three months after the voting and violence began, Zimbabwe’s president, Robert Mugabe, is holding hands with opposition leaders Morgan Tsvangirai and Arthur Mutambara. The Zimbabwean politicians have agreed to sit down and talk through the disagreements, ending an election crisis. Guest: Jonah Fisher, BBC correspondent

Plans again for unity government in Zimbabwe

August 14, 2013Global Politics

Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said today his party, the Movement for Democratic Change, known as the MDC, would join a unity government next month with Robert Mugabe. Anchor Marco Werman gets an update from the BBC’s Jonah Fisher.

Geo answer

August 14, 2013

Today’s answer is the Southern Ocean, also known as the Antarctic Ocean. That’s where the Greenpeace ship “Esperanza” is tailing a Japanese whaling ship. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with the BBC’s Jonah Fisher who is aboard the Greenpeace ship.