Feb 25 Background Briefing: What Is Boko Haram? By Council on Foreign Relations Suspected members of the hardline Islamist group Boko Haram attacked a school in Damaturu, Nigeria, early Tuesday morning, burning or shooting 29 boys, but sparing the female students, news outlets reported. The Council on Foreign Relations offers this backgrounder on… Continue reading
Feb 19 Watch Nations inflamed by Arab Spring yield different fates By PBS News Hour Three years ago, protests in Tunisia ignited a regional revolution known as the Arab Spring that has produced decidedly mixed results. Jeffrey Brown examines the outcome for Tunisia as well as the ongoing turmoil in Libya and Egypt. Continue watching
Feb 18 Kerry promises security assistance to Tunisia to fight nation's terrorists By Matthew Lee, Associated Press Secretary of State John Kerry promised American assistance Tuesday to Tunisia in aid of the North African nation's battle against terrorists. Continue reading
Feb 15 Social entrepreneurs use mobile technology to take on challenges of developing world By News Desk From products that help small businesses track their finances to a text message-based app that helps workers in India’s informal workforce find better jobs, cell phone technology is being used across the developing world to solve serious problems and respond… Continue reading
Feb 15 Watch Mobile phone usage explodes in Africa, spurring innovation By PBS News Hour A drive through Kenya’s bustling capital of Nairobi reveals a nation in love -- with the mobile phone. Across the African continent, improvements in mobile phone technology and greater access to the internet are spurring new innovations in the tech… Continue watching
Jan 27 What if China, Syria, North Korea, Iran and Egypt had to give a State of the Union? By Larisa Epatko The U.S Constitution requires the president to "give to Congress information of the State of the Union." But what would such a speech look like in nations where there is no such requirement, if the government was in disarray, or… Continue reading
Dec 30 Watch News Wrap: Congolese government troops drive back attack on capital News Wrap: Congolese government troops drive back attack on capital… Continue watching
Dec 24 Watch UN Security Council votes to double peacekeeping mission in South Sudan UN Security Council votes to double peacekeeping mission in South Sudan… Continue watching
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