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?
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Health & Medicine
Post traumatic stress can be hard to understand — for those going through it and those trying to treat them
PRI's The World
April 07, 2014
When Army veteran Ron Capps first exhibited symptoms of post traumatic stress he was unsure about what to do and where to turn. We take a look at his journey to get help and talk and speak with a military psychiatrist about the path to diagnosis and treatment of PTSD.
Conflict & Justice
A family looks back on Rwanda's genocide and considers when forgiveness is 'too much to ask'
PRI's The World
April 09, 2014
Esther Mujawayo and her three daughters escaped from Rwanda during the genocide. And they've spent the past two decades finding out what happened to their family.
Conflict & Justice
The world had abandoned Rwanda, but one 'gutsy' Senegalese peacekeeper refused to stay on the sidelines
PRI's The World
April 04, 2014
UN peacekeepers are often criticized for failing to act in the face of conflict. But 20 years ago this month, while the Rwandan genocide raged, one Senegalese UN peacekeeper was running daring missions that saved an estimated 600 people. The BBC's Mark Doyle tells the story of Capt. Mbaye Diagne.
Environment
One of Africa's most active volcanoes is showing new signs of life
PRI's The World
May 02, 2016
When the volcano last erupted in 2002, it displaced hundreds of thousands of people. Now, it's rumbling again.
Conflict & Justice
Rwanda led this 27-year-old American to devote his life to preventing future atrocities
PRI's The World
April 08, 2014
Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette grew up in Maine, far from the killing fields of Rwanda and was a child when the genocide occurred. But when he learned about what happened there, he made a choice that has guided his life since.
Culture
Remember that you have to die
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
Part IV: Little justice for Rwanda's rape victims yet
PRI's The World
February 20, 2008
A decade ago, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ruled that rape can constitute a crime of genocide, but most of Rwanda's rape survivors still haven't seen justice in any court.
Global Politics
Conservation Refugees: An interview with Mark Dowie
PRI's The World
October 09, 2009
The Mountain gorilla is one of the species protected in the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. But what about the Batwa people native to that land? Mark Dowie explores how land conservation affects the lives of the people on and near the preserves.
Global Politics
Kagame expects resounding victory in Rwanda's presidential election
The Takeaway
August 09, 2010
For a better understanding of the political climate in Rwanda, we talk with Stephen Kinzer, author of 'A Thousand Hills: Rwanda's Rebirth and the Man Who Dreamed It.' Will Ross of the BBC reports from a polling station in Rwanda.
'The Responsibility to Protect'
March 07, 2009
Analysis of the international community's willingness and ability to prevent crimes against humanity.