This week on Inside Africa: a look back at 2007. Nic Robertson relives the dangers of covering a humanitarian crisis in Chad, Robyn Curnow reflects on an accident that trapped thousands of miners underground in South Africa, while Richard Quest tells us what he learned in Cameroon while shooting "Quest for the Environment." The dangers of covering the Darfur crisisThe UN Security Council authorized the deployment of 26,000 peacekeeping troops to Sudan's war-torn Darfur Region in August of this year. The bulk of that force is expected to arrive in early 2008. The UN estimates the conflict has killed 200,000 people and displaced two million more over the last four years. Earlier this year, Nic Robertson hosted a special edition of Inside Africa from neighboring Chad, where about 240,000 Darfur refugees live in dangerous camps. He takes us behind the scenes of that assignment.
Trapped in a goldmine
South Africa is home to some of the deepest mines in the world, which also makes them some of the most dangerous. In October, a major accident put the international spotlight on those dangers. More than 3,000 miners spent about two days trapped over a mile underground, in a gold mine outside Johannesburg. A pipe had broken loose and fallen down the main shaft, blocking their way out. Robyn Curnow and her photographer rushed to the scene in the middle of the night. As the world waited for news about the miners, they brought us the story.
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