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
Oct 25 Should Sahrawis return to war with Morocco? 4 young refugees speak up By Larisa Epatko DAKHLA CAMP, Algeria | For decades, the Western Sahara liberation movement, known as the Polisario Front, has been locked in a struggle for independence from Morocco. It's not a battle of guns but of wills, Polisario officials say. Continue reading
Oct 18 Watch 'Mind-boggling' skull discovery offers researchers a view into the ancient past The discovery of a 1.8 million-year-old skull at Dmanisi in Georgia has revolutionized scientists' idea of human evolution. Paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson of the Institute of Human Origins at Arizona State University joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss what these ancient remains… Continue watching
Oct 11 Dispatch from Algeria: Watching movies in a desert refugee camp By Larisa Epatko DAKHLA CAMP, Algeria | Two girls, Kalzum Abdlhai in a black-and-white jumper and Julita Mohamedsalej in a hot pink sparkly T-shirt, are best friends. Both 13, they are into clothes and shoes like many others in their age group. Continue reading
Oct 08 Watch White House top priority on raids: Go after those who 'seek to do us harm’ White House top priority on raids: ‘Go after those who would seek to do us harm’… Continue watching