Oct 17 Watch How peacekeepers are trying to stop a genocide in the Central African Republic By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 17 Watch News Wrap: Iraqi PM urges Sunni tribal leaders to defend Ramadi from Islamic State By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, Iraq’s Shiite Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi met with Sunni tribal leaders to urge them to defend the city of Ramadi from Islamic State forces. Also, the prime minister of Nepal pledged to establish an early… Continue watching
Oct 17 Watch As public anxiety grows, coordinator named to corral Ebola efforts - Part 1 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 17 Protecting South Africa's artwork of democracy and reconciliation By Victoria Fleischer When the Apartheid regime fell in 1994, South Africa established the Constitutional Court. One of the original justices began collecting artwork for the court, with prominent South African artists donating the majority of pieces. Continue reading
Oct 17 Nigerian government and Boko Haram reach cease-fire deal By Ayan Sheikh According to the Associated Press, government spokesman, Mike Omeri told reporters that Boko Haram negotiators “assured that the schoolgirls and all other people in their captivity are all alive and well.”… Continue reading
Oct 17 Watch South African Justice Edwin Cameron on the Constitutional Court art collection By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 17 Senegal officially declared Ebola-free By Larisa Epatko The World Health Organization said Friday that Senegal is officially free of the Ebola virus. Continue reading
Oct 17 Kobani key to U.S. strategy against Islamic State By Lara Jakes, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Dusty and remote, the Syrian city of Kobani has become an unlikely spoil in the war against Islamic State militants — and far more of a strategic prize than the United States wants to admit. Continue reading
Oct 16 Watch Literary festival celebrates African writers as Kenya marks an anxious anniversary By PBS News Hour Continue watching