Sudan, Haiti and US politics
In this week's podcast: As southern Sudan votes in a referendum on independence we hear from our correspondent in the region, Katrina Manson, about the huge exodus of people from the North to the South...
View ArticleIn South Sudan, An Independence Day Marked by Chaos
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.For the second year in a row, civil war, violence, and famine led South Sudanese President Salva Kiir Mayardit to cancel celebrations for the...
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Block against Trump’s travel ban upheld by appeals court
People protest President Donald Trump’s travel ban outside of the U.S. Court of Appeals in Seattle, Washington. Photo by David Ryder/ReutersWASHINGTON — A federal appeals court dealt another blow to...
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Sudan’s president risks overshadowing Trump’s Muslim speech
File photo of Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir by Tiksa Negeri/ReutersWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is hoping the Muslim world’s leaders join him in confronting extremist ideology when he attends...
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WATCH: After proposed travel ban, this Sudanese singer found her voice again
Salma Hagag, stage name Salma Al Aasal. Credit: KQED ArtsSalma Hagag, 51, learned to sing in Sudan as a child, before she moved to Egypt and, eventually, the United States. But nobody in her adopted...
View ArticleDesperate Chaos Engulfs South Sudan
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview. The world's youngest country faces even more devastation as its civil war continues. Just two months after the United Nations declared a...
View ArticleSinkane Live In-Studio
Brooklyn-based Afropop band Sinkane is here to remind us that “we’re all gonna be alright.” Blending a wide range of musical influences, their sound is a mix of 60s funk, Sudanese pop, and...
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Pope repeats ‘bridges not walls’ after Trump travel ban
Pope Francis leads his Wednesday general audience at Paul VI auditorium hall in Vatican City. Photo by Tony Gentile/ReutersVATICAN CITY — Pope Francis repeated his appeal for people to build bridges of...
View Article#3944: Immigrant Songs
Listen to music from Yo Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble (Japan, China, Syria, Iran), along with music from The Nile Project (Ethiopia, Rwanda, Uganda, Sudan, Kenya, Burundi & Egypt), as well as...
View ArticleNavigating the Immigration Ban
Camille Mackler, director of legal initiatives at the New York Immigration Coalition, reports on what it was like when JFK was flooded with lawyers seeking to help immigrants and takes questions from...
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Confusion, questions and handcuffs met this Sudanese scholar at the airport
Student Nisrin Elamin of Sudan describes what was different this time when she arrived at JFK airport in New York late Friday night.Sudanese-born Nisrin Elamin, a Ph.D. student studying anthropology at...
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Obama ends U.S. economic embargo on Sudan
A child wearing a T-shirt with a graphic of U.S. President Barack Obama is pictured in Alashu, a village located about 15 km north of Shangil Tobaya, North Darfur on March 27, 2011. REUTERS/Albert...
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News Wrap: Lynch urges end to cop-community divide, ceasefire takes hold in...
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Good evening. I’m Judy Woodruff. GWEN IFILL: And I’m Gwen Ifill. JUDY WOODRUFF: On the “NewsHour” tonight: FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH: These slain...
View ArticleAnother Civil War? Fighting Escalates In South Sudan
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.Just five years ago, South Sudan became the world's newest nation. But the hope and promise that came with independence became mired in...
View ArticleBernie's Legacy, Unrest in South Sudan, Anna Deavere Smith
Coming up on today's show:The Democratic Primary officially ended today as Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders announced his support for Hillary Clinton. Will the movement Sanders started still have legs in...
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News Wrap: GOP will be absent from Calif. Senate race; Eritrean migrant...
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioGWEN IFILL: Good evening. I’m Gwen Ifill.JUDY WOODRUFF: And I’m Judy Woodruff.On the “NewsHour” tonight:HILLARY CLINTON (D), Presumptive Presidential Nominee: Oh, I...
View ArticleUncovering Blackwater CEO Erik Prince's Plan to Build a Private Air Force
Matthew Cole, a reporter at The Intercept, discusses the investigation that exposed former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince and his plan to create his own private air force to use in parts of Africa. In...
View ArticleU.N. Accuses South Sudan of Crimes Against Humanity
The president of South Sudan, Salva Kiir, often wears a black cowboy hat that President George W. Bush gave him. The two men met multiple times at the White House back when Kiir was vice president of...
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How do the new U.S. visa rules work?
A U.S. visa appears inside of a U.K. passport. Photo by Getty ImagesWASHINGTON — The Obama administration is tightening travel restrictions on Europeans and others who have visited Iran, Iraq, Syria or...
View ArticleCoping With War in Sudan, Using Music
Sudanese filmmaker hajooj kuka discusses his POV documentary, “Beats of the Antonov.” When the border was drawn between South and North Sudan, many people living in Blue Nile and Nuba Mountains—who had...
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