Science, Tech & Environment
PRI's The World
February 21, 2017
Morocco is building one of the world's largest solar power plants in the desert east of Marrakesh, using a technology that will allow it to generate electricity well past sundown. It's part of an aggressive strategy to become energy independent.
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Lifestyle & Belief
Sudan's pride is a soda that tastes like, well, whatever you think it tastes like
PRI's The World
May 16, 2014
When people immigrate to the US, they not only leave behind family and friends, they leave behind the sights, scents and flavors of home. Reporter Hana Baba went back to Sudan to find her favorite soda, unmatched by any in the US.
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Politics
In job-hungry Italy, neo-Fascists await young migrants
The GroundTruth Project
October 29, 2014
With the youth unemployment rate in Italy at 44 percent, competition for jobs pits native Italians against Eritreans, Sudanese and Syrians fleeing war and repression.
The Mark of Z, a Tunisian satirist who's still under cover
Politics
Three years on, an anonymous Tunisian satirist is still waiting for a political revolution in his country
PRI's The World
December 17, 2013
Updated
Three years ago, a Tunisian architect was blogging anti-government sentiments anonymously from Paris. His views reflected those protesters in Tunisia who ushered in the Arab Spring. Today, the Tunisian blogger and cartoonist is still very much a part of the conversation about the future of his country. But he's still anonymous, and waiting hopefully for real political change to take place in his country.
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Politics
Arab countries are underwhelmed by Clinton, but most prefer her to Trump
GlobalPost
November 04, 2016
A poll in 18 Middle Eastern and North African countries gave Hillary Clinton a whopping 35-point lead. But 47 percent would pick neither her nor Donald Trump if they had a chance to vote.
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Conflict & Justice
The Egyptian ruler Trump calls 'fantastic' is now strengthening his power over the courts
GlobalPost
May 09, 2017
Updated
Weeks after Donald Trump welcomed him to the White House and praised his good work, Egypt's Abdul Fattah al-Sisi quietly gave himself new powers that judges and rights groups say threaten whatever Egyptian court independence remains.
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Politics
An American millionaire works to rescue migrants off the coast of Italy
PRI's The World
February 23, 2015
This American millionaire set up the first privately-funded search and rescue operation in the waters off of North Africa.
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Science, Tech & Environment
London commuters deal with a new hardship — clouds of African dust
PRI's The World
April 02, 2014
Londoners woke up to a surprise this morning — clouds of Saharan dust. It was an unwelcome complication for busy Londoners heading off to work and school.
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Conflict & Justice
Tunisia suffers worst terrorist attack in recent history
PRI's The World
June 26, 2015
Dozens of people were killed during an attack on a beach-side resort popular with tourists in Sousse, Tunisia, on Friday — in a string of attacks attributed to ISIS.
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Conflict & Justice
Three years after its civil war, Libya is on the brink of another
PRI's The World
August 26, 2014
Three years after the revolution that overthrew Moammar Gaddafi, Libya faces an even worse crisis that threatens to destabilize the country and region. The US doesn't want to intervene, but fighting between Islamists and former Gaddafi loyalists has already dragged in other countries.
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Business, Economics and Jobs
Even a local bank teller can't be trusted in today's Libya
PRI's The World
May 17, 2016
Banking in a failed state is a risky business. In Libya, it's hard to figure out who to trust.