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
Oct 06 Watch Growing threats of Islamic militancy in Africa Deputy Director of the Atlantic Council's Africa Center, Bronwyn Bruton joins Hari Sreenivasan from Washington to give us a closer look at the worrying evolution of Islamic militancy across the African continent. Continue watching
Oct 04 Visiting Algeria’s refugee community By Larisa Epatko Last winter, the PBS NewsHour went to Western Sahara, a disputed territory of Morocco in northern Africa, to learn about the slow-burning conflict that pits Moroccans against the Sahrawis seeking their independence. This year, we travel to a Sahrawi refugee… Continue reading
Oct 04 Watch Italy mourns ‘day of tears’ for shipwrecked migrants, calls for help from Europe Of the 500 African migrants who were on board a ship that sank off the coast of Italy, it's estimated that more than 300 have died. Jonathan Rugman of International Television News reports on the events of the tragedy and… Continue watching
Sep 23 Watch Can Kenya Handle the Threat of a ‘Much More Lethal’ al-Shabab? Can Kenya Handle the Threat of a 'Much More Lethal' al-Shabab?… Continue watching
Sep 12 Africa leads world with fastest growing population Click on the image to go to a interactive map by the Population Reference Bureau. The Population Reference Bureau (PRB) released their "2013 World Population Data Sheet" on Thursday revealing that sub-Saharan Africa, one of… Continue reading
Sep 12 Coptic Christians eager to start lives in U.S., but still call Egypt ‘home’ By Larisa Epatko When Mary, a 29-year-old Coptic Christian from Minya, Egypt, landed seven months ago at Dulles Airport in Northern Virginia, many thoughts were swirling in her head. Continue reading