Jun 20 World Week Ahead: Afghan Troop Downsizing; Gates Exit Interview By Larisa Epatko This week, Jim Lehrer will interview Defense Secretary Robert Gates as he prepares to step down from his administration post and as President Obama prepares to announce the level of troop withdrawals from Afghanistan. Continue reading
May 30 World Week Ahead: Vatican's Study on HIV; Mediation Talks in Libya By News Desk In this week's top news from around the globe, the NewsHour has a team in Vatican City, reporting on a meeting about the care of people with HIV/AIDS. And later in the week, the U.N. Security Council meets on the… Continue reading
May 27 Sudanese Hope Mapping Project Brings Relief By Larisa Epatko Ahead of Southern Sudan's split from the North, a "mapping community" to help plot areas of need has popped up. Continue reading
Apr 01 In Sudan, Violence Grows in Darfur as Flashpoint Town Abyei Arms By Larisa Epatko Following a peaceful referendum for southern independence earlier this year, other parts of Sudan are the source of renewed concern. In Darfur, escalating violence is forcing tens of thousands to flee to already bulging refugee camps. Continue reading
Jan 10 Watch High Hopes in Southern Sudan Over Referendum As residents of southern Sudan vote on a referendum to secede from the north or stay one country, dozens have been killed in new violence. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro checks in with Ray Suarez from the southern capital… Continue watching
Jan 07 Watch In Sudanese State of Unity, Mood Foreshadows Secession Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from a town that will be near the border if Sudan splits into two countries following its vote on secession. The town, which bears the scars of decades of civil war, has already… Continue watching
Jan 03 The World: Stories We're Watching in 2011 By Larisa Epatko From rising tensions on the Korean peninsula to the potential birth of a nation in Africa, the following are stories the NewsHour's foreign affairs beat is tracking in the coming year. Continue reading
Jan 03 Watch In Sudan, Possible New Country Poses Health Care System Challenges Less than 30 percent of people in southern Sudan have access to adequate health care. Widespread disease is threatening to overwhelm the African nation, where an upcoming secession referendum appears likely to create a new country. Special correspondent Jeffrey Kaye… Continue watching
Dec 30 Watch Sudan Vote Could Cleave Africa's Largest Country in 2 In the first of two reports, special correspondent Jeffrey Kaye examines the mood in Sudan leading up to a referendum that could split the war-torn country in two. He reports from the southern city of Juba, which is poised to… Continue watching
Dec 30 In Sudan, a Smudge Could Affect Outcome of Vote By Larisa Epatko As Sudan prepares for a vote in January on whether the south will split from the north, one of the African nation's challenges is how to inform an electorate with a high illiteracy rate on how to vote. Continue reading