25 Years of Genocide Prevention
Sunday marks 25 years since the US Senate ratified the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. That convention entered into force in 1951 but the US Senate...
View ArticleSudanese Lost Boys Reconnect as Men
It has been one of the most harrowing stories to come out of Africa in the recent decades: 27,000 young boys fleeing almost certain death or forced military service as child soldiers in a steady stream...
View ArticleSouth Sudan Declares Independence
It's the first week of official business for the world's newest country. The Republic of South Sudan officially came into existence on Saturday, after gaining independence from the northern part of the...
View ArticleSam Childers: The Real-Life 'Machine Gun Preacher'
Sam Childers was once drug dealer, who dabbled in violent crime. But in the summer of 1992, he attended a church revival and decided to abandon his life of crime, and travel to war-torn Sudan to find a...
View ArticleThe 'Machine Gun Preacher' on Opening an Orphanage in South Sudan
Sam Childers was once a drug dealer whose work often turned violent, but in the summer of 1992, he attended a church revival and decided to abandon his life of crime. After traveling to war-torn Sudan...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: The World's Youngest Nation in Crisis
South Sudan gained its independence nearly three years ago, but as the country marks its third birthday, few have reason to celebrate. Violence erupted in the world's newest nation earlier this month....
View ArticleA Failure of Leadership in South Sudan
Three years ago this month, the South Sudanese people held a referendum and voted overwhelmingly for independence from the rest of Sudan. The referendum was the result of a historic peace agreement...
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'Beats of Antonov' and the Music of a Sudan in Crisis
In October 2012, hajooj kuka was documenting the human rights crisis in Sudan when some of the youth at the Yusuf Batil refugee camp took him out to an old school.There were two bands and a room full...
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John Danforth — Conservative Politics and Moderate Religion
Politics driven by a religious agenda, Danforth says, is true neither to his understanding of Christian faith nor to the traditional values of the Republican party. This veteran politician speaks about...
View ArticleDave Eggers and Valentino Achak Deng
In 2000, Dave Eggers became the literary voice of his generation with the memoir A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. But in his latest work, Eggers chose to channel a very different voice. What...
View ArticleDave Eggers and Valentino Achak Deng
In 2000, Dave Eggers became the literary voice of his generation with the memoir A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. But in his latest work, Eggers chose to channel a very different voice. What...
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[Unedited] Douglas Johnston with Krista Tippett
In this unedited conversation, Krista interviews Douglas Johnston, president and founder of the International Center for Religion and Diplomacy. We're making the entire, unedited conversation available...
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Douglas Johnston — Diplomacy and Religion in the 21st Century
The greatest threat in the post-Cold War world, says Douglas Johnston, is the prospective marriage of religious extremism with weapons of mass destruction. Yet the U.S. spends most of its time,...
View ArticleWikiLeaks Africa
Elizabeth Dickinson, assistant managing editor of Foreign Policy magazine and former Nigeria correspondent for the Economist, talks about what the WikiLeaks cables have revealed about Nigeria and Sudan.
View ArticleSudanese Vote on Their Country's Future
Sudanese expat Nisrin Elamin, blogger at Stories From Darfur and coordinator of the Support Darfur Project, joins John Prendergast, co-founder of the Enough Project, to discuss Southern Sudan's current...
View ArticleBackstory: South Sudan Independence
Last month, the southern Sudanese people voted 99% in favor of breaking away from northern Sudan and creating an independent state. Oliver August, Africa correspondent for The Economist, and Jehanne...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: One Week Birthday
First, a brief follow-up on the News of World scandal and a song by Billy Bragg (read more).Then, South Sudan in one week old. Wasil Ali, deputy editor in chief of Sudan Tribune, and Jose Hulsenbek,...
View ArticleSinkane: A West African Hero Meets East African Sound
If you happened to attend any of this year's CMJ Music Marathon in New York City, chances are you came across the name Sinkane. It's the project of guitarist and singer Ahmed Gallab -- who, in the...
View ArticleMary Williams on Being Adopted by Jane Fonda
Mary Williams talks about being born into the Black Panther movement, being raised amid violence and near-poverty, and being adopted as a teenager by Jane Fonda. Her memoir The Lost Daughter is a...
View ArticleMary Williams, Jane Fonda's Adopted Daughter
Mary Williams talks about being born into the Black Panther movement, being raised amid violence and near-poverty, and being adopted as a teenager by Jane Fonda. Her memoir The Lost Daughter is a...
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