Producer Megan Thompson just returned from reporting in Liberia, where she encountered daily reminders of the country's civil war as Liberia emerges from its past.
Posted: March 18, 2009 11:27
Comments: 10
Africa
In the Newsroom
Video
Pope claims condoms worsen AIDS crisis in Africa
Father Patrick Ryan of Fordham University discusses the significance of Pope Benedict XVI's trip to Africa and his statement that condom distribution doesn't help the HIV problem, but in fact worsens it.
Posted: March 17, 2009 13:54
Comments: 10
Perspectives
Military takes over as Madagascar’s political crisis churns
After Marc Ravalomanana resigned as Madagascar’s president, a Worldfocus contributing blogger provides a background of the country's political turmoil and future.
Posted: March 17, 2009 09:22
Comments: 0
From the Field
Liberian summit celebrates African women with laughter
Worldfocus correspondent Lynn Sherr is in Monrovia, Liberia, reporting on how the country is faring following its long civil war. She writes about attending the lively International Colloquium on Women.
Posted: March 9, 2009 12:46
Comments: 6
Perspectives
Financial crisis upsets global economic order
A Worldfocus contributing blogger writes that global leaders have stepped up efforts to coordinate economic action, and that this level of global cooperation is unprecedented and will change the face of the world's economic order.
Posted: March 5, 2009 11:42
Comments: 2
Blogwatch / Video
International court issues arrest warrant for Sudan’s Bashir
Amir Idris of Fordham University discusses the International Criminal Court's order for the arrest of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, which charges him with war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur.
Posted: March 4, 2009 15:08
Comments: 9
Signature Video
Poor white South Africans blame reverse discrimination
To some extent, the economic playing field has been leveled since the end of apartheid 15 years ago. But that has had another impact -- white poverty has doubled since 1994.
Posted: February 26, 2009 20:52
Comments: 57
Web Original Video
So. African immigrants take refuge in camps outside cities
A South African aid worker discusses Cape Town's immigrant dwellings in in camps on the outskirts of communities. She discusses strategies for assimilation with the South Africans who reject them.
Posted: February 26, 2009 16:01
Comments: 1
Signature Video
Immigrants in South Africa deal with hostility, xenophobia
Last year, waves of attacks on immigrants swept through South Africa. Now those same immigrants are caught between violence in a country that wants them to leave, and the danger of returning to home countries that don't want them back.
Posted: February 25, 2009 13:32
Comments: 12
Extended Interview
Class divisions widen in racially free South Africa
Despite legal racial equality, social and economic structures continue to enforce a wide poverty gap in South Africa. Dr. Xolela Mangcu of the Platform for Public Deliberation discusses the country's economic and class divide.
Posted: February 25, 2009 12:26
Comments: 3
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