In this special report, we focus on the horrifying tale of Dr Wouter Basson's trial in South Africa. He faces 46 charges ranging from murder to attempted murder to fraud to drug dealing, arising from his role as the head of apartheid South Africa's clandestine chemical and biological warfare programme. The revelations are truly mind boggling.
Prof Richard Greenfield looks at how new discoveries in Eritrea have provided evidence of settled pastoral communities dating back to 800 BC - earlier by far than previously envisaged.