Feb 24 African Nations Contribute What They Can to Haitian Relief By Jason Kane In the weeks that followed the devastating earthquake in Haiti, a number of African countries -- long considered the most impoverished in the world -- responded by pledging millions of dollars in quake assistance. Continue reading
Jan 19 Watch Viewing Obama from his Ancestral Kenya One year into the Obama presidency, Tristan McConnell of the international news Web site Global Post looks at mixed feelings toward Barack Obama in Kenya, where his father was born. Continue watching
Dec 24 Watch As Global Temperatures Rise, So Too Do Health Risks While there may be debate over what's causing global climate change, there are far fewer questions about the effect of a warming planet on human health, reports Ray Suarez. Continue watching
Dec 23 Watch In Somalia, Militant Attacks Threaten to Topple a Fragile Regime Jeffrey Brown speaks with The New Yorker's Jon Lee Anderson about how the militant threat to Somalia's fragile government impacts counter-terror efforts. Continue watching
Nov 24 Tuesday on the Newshour: Dancer and Choreographer Bill T. Jones By Tom LeGro Bill T. Jones has long been recognized as one of this country's leading contemporary dancers and choreographers, known for his mix of athleticism and his willingness to take on big subjects from the world around him. Continue reading
Nov 23 Watch U.S. Charges 8 With Aiding Somali War Recruiting Federal prosecutors in Minnesota on Monday announced charges against eight more people in an ongoing investigation into young Somali-Americans leaving the United States to fight with a terror group in Somalia. Margaret Warner reports. Continue watching
Oct 13 Watch Kenya Devastated by Massive Drought Lindsey Hilsum of ITN reports from Kenya on the worst drought to strike the horn of Africa in more than a decade. Continue watching
Oct 07 U.S. Deploys Envoy to Guinea in Response to Violence By Larisa Epatko Secretary of State Hillary Clinton voiced U.S. frustration this week over a recent violent crackdown against a protest in Guinea, and the administration took the unusual step of dispatching an envoy to the West African nation. Continue reading
Sep 29 Welcome Home: A Look at Living in Slums A multimedia exhibition from Norwegian photographer Jonas Bendiksen on display at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., documents the experiences of families living in unplanned, off-the-grid slums in Nairobi, Mumbai, Caracas and Jakarta. Continue reading
Sep 29 Watch Other News: Ahmadinejad Lashes Out at U.N. In other news, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad criticized U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon of "parroting" the baseless charges of Western nations, and flooding in the Philippines has left at least 280 people dead. Continue watching