Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said today his party, the Movement for Democratic Change, known as the MDC, would join a unity government next month with President Robert Mugabe. Anchor Marco Werman gets an update from the BBC's Jonah Fisher.

Zimbabwe at the crossroads

Zimbabweans have hopes that the new Obama administration will help bring about changes in their beleaguered country. Andrew Meldrum tells anchor Marco Werman those hopes were fueled by some words in the President's inaugural address. Meldrum is Senior Editor at Global Post-dot-com in Boston.

South Africa is struggling to make post-apartheid land reform a reality. The World's Laura Lynch profiles one bitter dispute between some black villagers and a white farmer who all claim the same patch of land.

Today we're looking for the location of what's said to be one of the most accessible volcanoes in the world. Anchor Marco Werman provides the answer. Mount Yasur is the volcano, and it's located on Tanna Island...part of the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu.

The World's Andrea Smardon reports that in spite of government censorship in Myanmar, hip hop has become popular among young Burmese. It's also given some of them a political voice.