Worldfocus presents highlights from its signature videos from our team of producers and on-the-ground correspondents. Our signature stories take a deeper look into issues and cultures around the world — ranging from outsourcing from India and Turkish immigrants in Germany to one family’s life as refugees in war-torn eastern Congo.
Below is a list of the signature stories that were most popular with viewers in 2008.
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War in DR Congo: The story of Pascal and Vestine | In the last year alone, more than a million people have fled the fighting in eastern Congo. Worldfocus correspondent Michael Kavanagh tells one family’s story. |
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Coffee producers fight cancer in Nicaragua | Cervical cancer is the number one killer of women in Latin America, but Nicaraguan women are finding hope with the help of the country’s top export — coffee. |
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Turkish immigrants cement Islam in Germany | As the immigration debate heats up in Germany, mosques are popping up and Turkish immigrants are rising up through the political system. |
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Rwanda aims for one laptop per child | Once a site of Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, the town of Rwamagana is now going online thanks to the One Laptop Per Child program. |
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America looms large in India | Worldfocus correspondent Daljit Dhaliwal reports from New Delhi on how Indians perceive the U.S. |
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Middle class sprawls in Nairobi, Kenya | The scene in downtown Nairobi reflects Kenya’s growing middle class, with towering buildings and multinational businesses. |
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Italy’s immigration debate intensifies | In the northern city of Treviso, Italy, a gunslingling mayor cracks down on illegal immigration, even as accusations of racism linger. |
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India’s outsourcers look to outsource | In the last 10 years, India has become a global center for foreign companies. But worldwide economic strife may lead to shifts in outsourcing patterns. |
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Rape as a weapon of war in DR Congo |
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, war has raged for more than a decade. The United Nations estimates that 200,000 women and children have been raped in that time, some victims as young as three years old. |
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Soviet style hampers a democratic Ukraine | Political progress has come slowly in Ukraine, where new businesses are finding it difficult to escape the Soviet ways. |
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Muslim insurgency simmers in southern Thailand | Beyond the recent turmoil in Bangkok, a violent Muslim insurgency has emerged in Thailand’s south. |
01/01/2009 :: 08:06:30 PM
elish Says:
I agree with Nicole completely. I’m not a Muslim, I’m from Atlanta, and I’m a reader and a traveller. THe Palestinians in Gaza were thrown off their land and kicked out of their homes in 1948, much the same way the USA enclosed the Native Americans in reservations, the few were left anyway. They are under occupation and cut off from basic necessities. What do you expect??? If we had fair coverage in this country, and people had access to both sides, maybe Americans would begin to understand why so many Muslims around the world are anti-American…