Mar 18 Views of Sudan: Embattled nation faces crucial votes By Larisa Epatko JUBA, Sudan | The people of Sudan have two important votes approaching: national elections next month in which they will decide whether President Omar al-Bashir should stay or go, and a referendum in early 2011 in which the south will… Continue reading
Mar 03 Africa Analyst: Elections ‘Tall Task’ in Sudan By Larisa Epatko As presidential elections and a vote on north-south succession approach, Zach Vertin of the International Crisis Group sat down with NewsHour special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro in Sudan to discuss the challenges the country still faces. Continue reading
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