Tuareg militiamen encounter one of their nomadic kinsmen.
September 13, 2011 / PRI's The World
by Peter Gwin
Peter Gwin told PRI's The World that Tuaregs aren’t helping Muammar Qaddafi hide; only a few fought for the dictator against Libyan rebels, yet the fall of Qaddafi is forcing them to flee.
August 11, 2011 / PRI's The World
by Anna Badkhen
Afghans living in rural villages are unaware of many newsworthy events--like the death of Osama Bin Laden--because they do not have access to a television or computer.
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June 7, 2011 / PRI's The World
by Anna Badkhen
Anna Badkhen discusses the recent Taliban takeover of several villages in Afghanistan's Balkh Province.
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May 31, 2011 / PRI's The World
by Rebecca Hamilton
Rebecca Hamilton recounts the harrowing tales of refugees who fled Abyei after the attack by northern Sudanese troops.
Image by Daniel Grossman. Ecuador, 2011.
March 17, 2011 / PRI's The World
by Dan Grossman
The rise of commercial hunting in Ecuador is disrupting the balance of the Ecuadorian ecosystem.
The market known as the Pompeya market occurs every Saturday in Pompeya, Ecuador. Image by Dan Grossman. Ecuador, 2011.
March 15, 2011 / PRI's The World
by Dan Grossman
Scientists fear Ecuador's rainforest is under threat from the bushmeat trade and illegal commercial hunting by the native Huaorani.
Locals hunt the animals in the Yasuni forest and sell them in the bushmeat market. Image by Dan Grossman. Ecuador, 2011.
March 15, 2011 / PRI's The World
by Dan Grossman
Scientists fear Ecuador's rainforest is under threat from the bushmeat trade and illegal commercial hunting by the native Huaorani.
Image by Anup Kaphle, Nepal, 2010.
January 3, 2011 / PRI's The World
by Habiba Nosheen
In an effort to boost the country's tourism industry after years of Maoist insurgency, Nepal is marketing itself as a destination for gay and lesbian visitors.
The remains of the SPLM Abyei office, destroyed in the fighting of 2008. Image by Rebecca Hamilton, Sudan, 2010.
October 27, 2010 / PRI's The World
by Rebecca Hamilton
The dispute over whether the oil rich area of Abyei belongs to the north or south could reignite the Sudanese civil war.
Image by Lygia Navarro, Cuba, 2010.
October 20, 2010 / PRI's The World
by Lygia Navarro
For the first time in decades, scientists from Cuba and the US are officially collaborating on Gulf of Mexico research. Lygia Navarro reports from Sarasota, Florida.
Kelly Swing, director of the Tiputini Biodiversity Station in the Yasuni National Park of Ecuador. He says “if we can’t justify saving a place that has more species per square kilometer than any other place on the planet, what are we going to decide to keep?”
July 16, 2010 / PRI's The World
by Dan Grossman
Ecuador is working on a deal to lock up 1/5 of its oil reserves in exchange for $3.5B. The deal would also preserve some of the most bio-diverse forest on earth.
January 4, 2010 / PRI's The World
by David Hecht
A generation ago, the African nation of Nigeria launched a plan to embrace modern farming. But today the country is more dependent than ever on imported food.
November 19, 2009 / PRI's The World
by Linda Matchan, Michele McDonald
Linda Matchan and Michele McDonald's project "Nunavut, Canada: Hope on Ice" was featured on the Geo Quiz segment of PRI's The World on Nov. 19.

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