Worldfocus presents highlights from our weekly radio show, which covers underreported stories. From entrepreneurship in Ethiopia and Sri Lanka's bloody civil war to reverse brain drain in China and Baha'is in modern Iran, listen to the shows that were most popular with listeners in 2009.
All Posts Tagged With: "Sri Lanka"
Worldfocus Best of 2009
December 23, 2009
Top 10 Worldfocus Radio Shows of 2009
Perspectives (blog)
September 25, 2009
Hundreds of thousands remain displaced in Sri Lanka
Months after Sri Lanka’s government declared victory over the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, nearly 300,000 people remain displaced by the civil war that lasted 26 years. Worldfocus contributing bloggers describe the predicament.
Blogwatch
May 19, 2009
Sri Lanka declares victory after decades of civil war
Sri Lanka declared victory after decades of civil war with the separatist group known as the Tamil Tigers. The government said it had captured the last sliver of rebel-held territory in Sri Lanka's north and killed the leader of the movement.
Week in Review (video)
May 15, 2009
Week in review: Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and the pope
Gideon Rose of Foreign Affairs magazine and Charles Sennott of GlobalPost discuss the week's top stories: Afghanistan, the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Sri Lanka and the pope's visit to the Holy Land.
Perspectives
May 4, 2009
Journalists barred from front lines as war rages in Sri Lanka
As the Sri Lankan government pushes forward into the rebel Tamil Tigers' last stronghold, a Worldfocus contributing blogger and journalist based in Sri Lanka expresses frustration at being prevented from covering the conflict.
Worldfocus Radio
April 21, 2009
Tune in: Online radio show on Sri Lanka’s civil war
As the Sri Lankan military wages a bloody battle against the rebel Tamil Tigers, civilians are getting caught in the crossfire. Worldfocus.org's weekly radio explores the background to the conflict and what the future holds for Sri Lanka. Rohan Gunaratna, Ambassador Jeffrey Lunstead and Ahilan Kadirgamar join the conversation. Listen now.
Web Original Video
April 21, 2009
Sri Lanka launches “final” assault against Tamil Tigers
For more than two decades, the government of Sri Lanka has been fighting a civil war with a rebel group known as the Tamil Tigers. Now, the war may be reaching a climax as the government launches a final assault in the last rebel-held area, after the Tamil Tigers ignored an ultimatum to surrender.
Perspectives
April 17, 2009
Tamil diaspora rises in protest of Sri Lanka conflict
As the Sri Lankan military encroaches on the rebel Tamil Tigers, protests are rising up around the world — from London to Oslo to Ottawa — as Tamils living abroad demonstrate against the Sri Lankan offensive. Nirmala Rajasingam, a Sri Lankan Tamil activist who lives in exile in London, argues that Tamil protesters abroad need to face difficult truths about the Tamil Tigers and their tactics.
Perspectives
April 9, 2009
Sri Lanka’s long battle with rebels may be in last throes
Fighting is heating up in Sri Lanka as the government launches what the U.N. says may be a "final confrontation" with the rebel Tamil Tigers. But Maura R. O'Connor of the Pulitzer Center writes that regardless of the outcome of the battle with the Tigers, peace may not be in Sri Lanka's future given tensions between the country's various paramilitary groups.
Perspectives
February 13, 2009
Sri Lanka’s civilians ensnared by rebel-government battling
As Sri Lanka's government continues its battle against the rebel Tamil Tigers and civilians are caught in the crossfire, a Worldfocus contributing blogger explores how the conflict originated and what the future holds for the government and the Tamils.
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