Dec 17 U.S. suspends embassy activity in South Sudan By Larisa Epatko The State Department urged U.S. citizens in South Sudan to "depart immediately" and suspended embassy operations until further notice because of increasingly violent activity in the capital Juba and elsewhere. Continue reading
Dec 05 Activist and peacemaker Nelson Mandela dead at 95 By Larisa Epatko Nelson Mandela, the first black president of South Africa credited with ending apartheid there, died Thursday at his home in South Africa. He was 95 years old. Continue reading
Dec 05 Malnutrition, infection rife in Central African Republic as violence escalates By Larisa Epatko An escalation of violence in the Central African Republic is causing thousands to flee their homes into the wilderness, posing a humanitarian challenge in a country that has suffered from destabilization for years. Continue reading
Nov 29 Watch Worldreader aims to eradicate global illiteracy by giving children e-readers Worldreader aims to eradicate global illiteracy by giving children e-readers… Continue watching
Nov 22 Central African Republic suffering “the worst crisis most people have never heard of” *Snapshot from a rebel camp circa 2007 in the north-eastern Central African Republic. Photo By Flickr user hdptcar* The Central African Republic has declared a curfew from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. late Friday in response… Continue reading
Nov 14 From college courses to cultivating local agribusiness in Kenya By Larisa Epatko It's not an overstatement to say it gets frigid in Boston. So the company Mike Behan started while attending Northeastern University began by selling slouchy knit hats and scarves. It has since grown to support its main mission of helping… Continue reading
Nov 05 Watch Will M23 step-down set the stage for peace among armed groups in the Congo? Will M23 step-down set the stage for peace among armed groups in the Congo?… Continue watching
Oct 30 Watch Joint UN and Congolese forces push back rebels in the Easter Jon Sawyer covers the first joint military exercises between UN and Congolese forces. Continue watching
Oct 30 Watch UN Peacekeepers travel treacherous roads in the DRC UN peacekeeprs strugge to respond to violence in Eastern Congo. Continue watching
Oct 25 The 37-year-old refugee situation you know nothing about By Larisa Epatko POLISARIO CAMPS, Algeria -- Rabab Deid has lived most of her life in an isolated camp in the windy, moonscape desert of western Algeria, alongside 150,000 other refugees. Continue reading