Inside Story

Still reeling from the recent massive floods Nigeria faces the threat of a severe food shortage. How did Nigeria get to this point? Are floods alone to blame? And what will it mean for Africa's most populated country? Guests: Auwal Musa Rafsanjani, Nigeria country director for Transparency International - an organisation that tracks and measures global corruption; Ayo Johnson, the director of Viewpoint Africa, a news website; and Hussaini Abdu, the director for Action Aid Nigeria.

The number of HIV cases in Russia is soaring and more people are dying from HIV/AIDS, with more than one million people living with HIV. So how does Russia plan to stem the rise in HIV? Guests: Tony Barnett, Dr Jens Lundgren.

A major immunisation programme is underway in Pakistan to combat a big rise in the number of people with measles. The immediate challenge is to vaccinate almost three million people in the worst affected areas. But it is an enormous task - and a dangerous one.

India is rolling out a new social welfare programme to put billions of dollars directly into the pockets of the poor – aimed at cutting out waste and massive fraud. But will it work? Guests: Parth Shah, Reetika Khera.

The launch of Egypt's premier league has been postponed once again - this time until February. The announcement was made following a weekend of meetings between government ministers and Egypt's Football Association. They also decided that the first season will be played without any spectators. Egyptian league football came to a halt last February after violent clashes between two of the country's most popular teams, in which more than 70 people were killed.

Will a rebel coup looking to unseat the government place the country in yet another humanitarian disaster? Inside Story, with presenter Adrian Finighan, speaks to guests: Louis Keumayou, the president of the Pan-African Press Association; Magloire Kolisso, a former press attache to the president; and Emmanuel Dupuy, the president of the Institute for Prospective and Security Studies in Europe.

In central Iraq, a number of arrests have provoked mass protests in two major cities. Will these latest protests lead to renewed sectarian violence? Guests: Saad al-Muttalibi, Anas al-Tikriti, Hiwa Osman.

Chinese authorities have rescued 89 children in a nationwide crackdown on trafficking gangs. Child trafficking is widespread in China, many say, because of the country's one child policy and demand it creates to have sons. Rights groups say authorities have failed to stamp out the practice because local officials and police officers are often complicit in the trade.

On the back of a regional summit we look at the prospects of the Gulf states in a post Arab Spring Middle East. Inside Story, with presenter Stephen Cole, discusses with guests Saeed Al-Shehabi, a member of the Bahrain Freedom Movement and a political activist who was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Bahraini government; Riad Kahwaji, the director of the Institute for Near East and Gulf Military Analysis; and from Beirut, Joseph Kechichian, Gulf News columnist and author of "The Beguiling Gulf Cooperation Council" and his newly released book entitled, "Legal and Political Reforms in Saudi Arabia".

We ask if the latest insider attack is another sign that Afghan troops are not ready to take over security.Stephen Cole speaks to Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai, the prime minister of Afghanistan from 1992 to 1996; Daoud Sultanzoy, a former member of the Afghan parliament; and Ejaz Haider, a senior advisor at the Sustainable Development Policy Institute.

Thousands protest demanding justice a week after a medical student was brutally gang-raped on a moving bus in New Delhi. So, are women safe in India and are existing laws an effective deterrent? Guests: Kavita Krishnan, Rajeev Aswathi, Lawrence Saez.

We ask if new labour laws abuse the rights of migrant workers or are simply a bid to fight illegal immigration. Inside Story, with presenter Hazem Sika, discusses the plight of migrant workers with guests: Sean Boonpracong, an international adviser to trade representatives in the prime minister's office; Rajiv Biswas, a senior director and Asia-Pacific chief economist with IHS Global Insight, an economic and financial analysis company; and Phil Robertson, a deputy director of the Asia division of Human Rights Watch.

French President Francois Hollande said his country's colonial rule in Algeria was "brutal and unjust", but told the Algerian parliament he will not apologise for it. Can bilateral ties improve? Guests: Emmanuel Dupuy, Saad Djebbar, Nabila Ramdani.

It was a hard-fought contest between the conservative daughter of a former military ruler and the liberal son of North Korean refugees. What are the challenges ahead for South Korea? Guests: Kwang Ho-chun, John Swenson-Wright, Doug Bandow.

South Africa's ruling party has been weakened by internal divisions and allegations of corruption against its current leader, Jacob Zuma. Can the African National Congress regain its ground, and how? Guests: Keith Khoza, Mmusi Maimane, Martin Plaut.