Culture
PRI's The World
October 31, 2017
Halloween is the candy-coated version of a longtime tradition of celebrating the inevitability of death. Photographer and author Paul Koudounaris has traveled the world to document ossuaries and charnel houses — rooms filled with, and often decorated with, human skulls and bones. Who knew death could be so beautiful?
Conflict & Justice
Children born of the Rwandan genocide
PRI's The World
February 19, 2008
Thousands of Rwandan women became pregnant as a result of mass rape during the Rwandan genocide. The children born of those pregnancies are now coming into adolescence -- on the margins of Rwandan society. The World's Jeb Sharp reports.
Conflict & Justice
Bringing justice to Rwanda's rape victims
PRI's The World
February 20, 2008
Many thousands of Rwandan women were raped during the 1994 genocide, and their cases have been languishing in Rwanda's broken court system, so now some are proposing to try these genocide rape cases in informal community courts
Arts, Culture & Media
Gorilla cell phone game
PRI's The World
April 23, 2008
The World's Clark Boyd reports on "Silverback," a cell phone-based video game designed to raise awareness about the threats facing mountain gorillas in Congo, Rwanda and Uganda.
Conflict & Justice
Aid groups face moral dilemma
PRI's The World
June 06, 2008
International humanitarian aid groups sometimes face moral dilemmas when they work in countries run by authoritarian regimes, as Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Nicolas de Torrente
Global Politics
Rwanda implicates France in 1994 genocide
PRI's The World
August 05, 2008
Rwanda is accusing France of direct complicity in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, and the Rwandan government has listed 33 French officials it says should be prosecuted for their role in the carnage, as The World's Jeb Sharp reports.
Global Politics
Author Philip Gourevitch discusses Rwandan genocide report
PRI's The World
August 05, 2008
Philip Gourevitch is the author of "We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda." Gourevitch says the report released today adds more detail to previous investigations.
Environment
Google to invest in Internet start-up
PRI's The World
September 09, 2008
Google has announced it will invest in a start-up that's looking to offer Internet services in the developing world via satellite. The World's Clark Boyd reports.
Global Politics
Rwanda to switch from French to English
PRI's The World
October 16, 2008
Rwanda has decided to change the language of instruction for its entire educational system from French to English. The World's Jeb Sharp explains.
Business, Economics and Jobs
Geo answer
PRI's The World
October 17, 2008
For our Geo Quiz, we wanted the name of a small African country on the shores of Lake Kivu. The answer is Rwanda. Reporter Judy Goldberg has an update on the rare partnership between Macy's department store and an association of women weavers from Rwanda.
Arts, Culture & Media
Global Hit
PRI's The World
December 03, 2008
The World's Marco Werman has details on the 15-year sentence handed to Rwandan singer Simon Bikindi for his role in the country's 1994 genocide.