Our daily geography quiz. We are looking for the city that will serve as the headquarters of AFRICOM. That's the United States Africa Command...a new US military command devoted to Africa.

Correspondent Heba Aly reports on a village at the edge of the Nubian Desert in northern Sudan. Sudanese people there say they're being marginalized by their government.

Heba Aly traveled to Sudan with help from a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. For more on her Sudan reporting, go to here.

Women in Al-Taitti village, Sudan (photo: Heba Aly)

Africa Almanac

Jennifer Daskal of Human Rights Watch speaks with anchor Lisa Mullins about a report on the practice of rendition in the Horn of Africa. That's the practice of secretly deporting people outside of their country to avoid the legal process. The document details accounts of men, women and children who allegedly were secretly deported to Ethiopia by Kenyan officials. Many say they were interrogated by Americans.

Correspondent Derek Stoffel tells us about the struggles and successes for Afghans who are rebuilding their school system despite the constant threat of the Taliban.

Tensions continue to flare on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border where The World's Quil Lawrence is embedded with the 101st Airborne. He speaks with anchor Lisa Mullins.

Taliban insurgence

Individual governments across Europe are struggling to save their banks in the midst of the global financial crisis. But some say a more coordinated approach is needed. There's talk of revamping the rules and forcing banks to accept uniform regulations across the European Union. The World's Gerry Hadden has the story.

The discussion in Washington is all about bailing out Wall Street. But U.S. car makers just got a big federal loan. The question is will it help Detroit automakers compete in the global market. The World's Jason Margolis has the story.

The U.S. Senate is taking up the massive bailout for the financial industry today. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with John Authers global investment editor for the Financial Times.

Global financial crisis

Today on The World: The Senate enters the bailout debate; U.S. automakers get some government help -- 25 billion dollars worth; and how Cuban singer/songwriter Yusa is defining her own sound in modern Cuba.

The BBC World Service's 'Talking America' bus has completed the western leg of its journey and is now deep into part two of the trip: The South. Alan Little has picked up the baton as main host, but it's the same varied mix of coverage you'll recognize if you've followed the journey so far. It's revealing to see how a foreign news organization covers domestic American issues - and what it is about America that fascinates BBC audiences right around the world.