Conflict & Justice
GlobalPost
March 22, 2017
The Kajo Keji Health Training Institute was born out of a dream of improving the health and lives of residents of South Sudan, the world's youngest nation. After gunmen attacked the school last September, it seemed likely to become a casualty of a three-year civil war that has killed tens of thousands of people and sent more than 3 million fleeing from their homes. Now, like hundreds of thousands of South Sudanese, the school is rebuilding across the border in Uganda and waiting for peace to return to South Sudan.
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Lifestyle & Belief
If you have a meeting in Ethiopia, you'd better double check the time
PRI's The World
January 30, 2015
There are lots of places around the world that use particular calendars — i.e. Hebrew, Islamic — but few places use their own clock. Ethiopia does, and knowing what time it is can be a real challenge.
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Politics
Obama is visiting Addis Ababa, but do you know where it is?
PRI's The World
July 23, 2015
Updated
This week Obama is going to meet with some very important leaders. We want you to find the city that is the buzzing hub of economic, social and political activities of its continent. Our map quiz will tell the world how good you are in locating Addis Ababa.
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Science, Tech & Environment
When you buy ivory, you may be funding al-Shabab terrorists
PRI's The World
October 08, 2013
Illegal sales of ivory and rhino horn are estimated to be a $2 billion a year industry. And some of that money is going to fund Islamic militant terrorists, according to a Dutch conservation group.
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Arts, Culture & Media
'Every time I hold a drum...I feel like happiness is going to kill me'
PRI's The World
June 19, 2015
How do you learn an instrument you are not supposed to play? Listen to a 27-year old drummer from rural Kenya who found a way.
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Arts, Culture & Media
How a childhood in Somalia helped one guy co-star with Tom Hanks in 'Captain Phillips'
PRI's The World
October 11, 2013
You wouldn't wish anyone to have a childhood that started in war-torn Somalia. But in the real-life story of pirates who commandeered a US cargo ship and were pursued by US Navy SEALs, Barkhad Abdi says his few early years in Somalia helped him in his co-starring role.
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Business, Economics and Jobs
Kenya is thousands of miles away from the Ebola outbreak, but tourists are still staying away
PRI's The World
October 09, 2014
Kenya's tourism industry was just starting to recover from last year's attack on the Westgate mall in Nairobi. Now it's Ebola that's scaring people away — even though the country is nowhere near the outbreak in West Africa.
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Development & Education
How to walk on ice, and other essential winter-survival tips for newcomers to America
PRI's The World
December 03, 2014
Some refugees who've lived in warmer climates all their life, come to the US sporting flip flops and shorts. Part of their American orientation is learning how to stay warm and enjoy the winter weather in Minnesota.
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Conflict & Justice
When there's no 911, Kenya tweets for help
PRI's The World
September 24, 2013
How one man with an iPad helped a capital city when terror struck.
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Business, Economics and Jobs
Five important news stories that aren't about Donald Trump
PRI's The World
January 11, 2017
There's been a lot of news out of Washington lately. But there's a lot more happening all over the world.
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Conflict & Justice
This South Sudanese school trained a medical corps amid civil war. Then the gunmen arrived.
GlobalPost
March 22, 2017
The Kajo Keji Health Training Institute was born out of a dream of improving the health and lives of residents of South Sudan, the world's youngest nation. After gunmen attacked the school last September, it seemed likely to become a casualty of a three-year civil war that has killed tens of thousands of people and sent more than 3 million fleeing from their homes. Now, like hundreds of thousands of South Sudanese, the school is rebuilding across the border in Uganda and waiting for peace to return to South Sudan.