Morocco's anti-poverty, anti-protests
By Gerry HaddenAt an outdoor market an hour outside Morocco's capital Rabat, farmers sell produce and spices under makeshift awnings. In a far corner, some men wearing traditional jelabas take a break...
View ArticleAmerican educational decline: Not so bad
This story was originally covered by PRI's The Takeaway. For more, listen to the audio above.American educational advocates have been sounding the alarm: The United States is falling behind. The United...
View ArticleInside an illegal bushmeat bazaar
This story was originally covered by PRI's The World. For more, listen to the audio above.By Dan GrossmanAt an open-air market on the bank of the Napo River in eastern Ecuador, a group of men bid on...
View ArticleJordan's protests for reform
By Dale GavlackIn what has become routine over the past couple months, thousands of supporters of Jordan's King Abdullah faced off against anti-government activists, with traditional songs and calls...
View ArticleEgypt's Coptic Christians want a voice
This story was originally covered by PRI's The World. For more, listen to the audio above.By Ben GilbertCopts make up about 10 percent of Egypt's population of 80 million. And they say they're treated...
View ArticleSouth Sudan's reliance on NGOs
his story was originally covered by PRI's The World. For more, listen to the audio above.By Matthew Brunwasser, PRI's The WorldOperation Lifeline Sudan, launched by the United Nations in 1989, was one...
View ArticleLibyan rebels learn the media
This story was originally covered by PRI's The World. For more, listen to the audio above.by Ben GilbertLibyan rebels are looking for all the help they can get to handle Moammar Gadhafi's army. They...
View ArticleProtests in Spain: Not quite the Spanish Arab Spring
By Gerry HaddenThe right trounced the left in local elections in Spain on Sunday. Most people expected the Socialist Workers Party to lose big, given Spain's economic crisis. What no one saw coming?...
View ArticleHosni Mubarak will be put on trial in Egypt
In a test of Egypt's new judiciary, Hosni Mubarak will be put on trial. Hisham Kassem, former publisher of Al-Masry Al-Youm (The Egyptian Today), Egypt’s independent daily paper talks about the...
View ArticleBhutan's hydropower ambitions
Story by Mary Kay Magistad, PRI's The World. Use audio player above to listen to full report.In the next 10 years, Bhutan intends to increase production of hydropower to keep up with growing energy...
View ArticleDrought ravages parts of East Africa
Story from PRI's The World. Listen to audio above for full report.Millions of people in East Africa may be facing starvation. Seasons of failed rains in southern Ehiopia, northern Kenya, Somalia and...
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Somalia: What constitutes a famine
Story from PRI's The World. Listen to audio above for full report. Food security experts don't use the word 'famine' casually. To them, it is a precise scientific term, and in order to declare famine,...
View ArticleWhy South American economies are booming
Story by Steven Bodzin, PRI's The World. Listen to audio above for full report.In the past, when the US and European economies struggled, so did most of Latin America's. But that's changed: after the...
View ArticleAborting girls increasingly common practice in India
Story from PRI's The World. Listen to audio for full report.According to the most recent census, India has far more boys than girls. Public health experts say the skewed sex ratio is the result of an...
View ArticleAfrica myth #3: Africa needs help from US celebrities
Story by Here and Now. Listen to audio for full report.In 2005, Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina published a satirical article in Granta, headlined, “How to Write about Africa.”Wainaina wrote:Always...
View ArticleAfricans want fair shake from Chinese investors
Story by Mary Kay Magistad, PRI's The World. Listen to audio for full report.China's investment in Africa is vast and growing. In Zambia, it has cropped up as a campaign issue. The newly elected...
View ArticleCuba's new socialist MBA program
Story by PRI's The World. Listen to audio above for full report.Cuba's leader Raul Castro has been making some moves toward liberalizing the island's communist economy. The government recently...
View ArticleAnimal populations plummeting at Nairobi National Park
Story by Anders Kelto, PRI's The World. Listen to audio above for full report. It is a scene that people from around the world pay thousands of dollars to see: a pack of zebras wading through the tall...
View ArticleKidnapping among the dangers of doing business in Kabul
Story by Laura Lynch, PRI's The World. Listen to audio above for full report.Behind the security gates lie the secrets to living safely and living well in Afghanistan. I've come for a tour of a house,...
View ArticleFixing Afghanistan's broken justice system
Story by Laura Lynch from PRI's The World. Listen to audio above for full report.There was no fanfare at the White House Friday to mark the 10th anniversary of the war in Afghanistan.Instead, President...
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