Putin Moves Foward With Plans To Annex Crimea
Host David Greene speaks with NPR's Gregory Warner about Russian President Vladimir Putin's approval of a draft treaty to annex Crimea.
View ArticleDeadly Violence Breaks Out At Crimean Military Base
Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Audie Cornish.ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: I'm Robert Siegel.On Sunday, Crimea was part of Ukraine. Yesterday, according to...
View ArticleRussian Flags Fly Over Ukrainian Base — But Who Stormed It?
Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Robert Siegel.AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: And I'm Audie Cornish.Ukraine is said to be preparing to pull all its military forces...
View ArticleCrimean Tatars Fear History May Repeat Itself
Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: In Crimea itself, the Russian takeover is working its way into many aspects of life. The new pro-Russian authorities have canceled the Ukrainian Civil Code, including...
View ArticleWithout Orders, Ukrainian Troops Are Anchorless In Crimea
Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Audie Cornish.ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: I'm Robert Siegel.(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)SIEGEL: Music and fireworks in Moscow today,...
View ArticleIn Ukraine's Industrial Heart, An Economic Affinity With Russia
In Eastern Ukraine, the country's industrial heartland, many workers fear for their jobs if Ukraine joins the European Union.
View ArticleWhat 'The Simpsons' Says About Ukraine's Language Divide
Misha Kostin, a 21-year-old construction engineer in eastern Ukraine, loves The Simpsons. He's loved it for 10 years. He says the animated series "illustrates everyday life problems in humorous ways,...
View ArticleHow Abandonment In Rwandan Genocide Changed Peacekeepers' Role
It's been 20 years since the Rwandan genocide, in which political ideology and ethnic hatred gave license to thousands of Hutus to kill Tutsi families. But ethnic ideology may not have unleashed the...
View ArticleRwanda Honors Dead, Celebrates Progress, 20 Years After Genocide
After a minute of silence at noon, Monday's remembrance of the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide began with testimony from a survivor.The screaming started soon after.In the crowd of 30,000...
View ArticleRemembering Rwandans Who Followed Their Conscience
Olive Mukankusi lives in a two-room house with mud walls and a dirt floor in a village called Igati, in eastern Rwanda's Rwamagana province.
View ArticleHow Rwanda's Only Ice Cream Shop Challenges Cultural Taboos
Rwanda has a warm climate, and the people love milk. You'd think ice cream would be an easy sell.But mention ice cream to Chantal Kabatesi, and she rubs her jaw like she's at the dentist with a...
View ArticleSomalis In Kenya Are Used To Raids, But They Say This Was Different
Mohammed Ali Isaac's hands shook as he showed his Kenyan ID to the police officers. They let him pass, but his cousins weren't so lucky. The two women had forgotten their IDs at home, and the police...
View ArticleKerry Announces Progress Toward Peacekeeping Force In South Sudan
Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Audie Cornish.ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: And I'm Robert Siegel.April was one of the deadliest months in South Sudan since...
View ArticleIn South Sudan, Peace Sought In Bringing Two Leaders Together
Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Thousands have been killed in South Sudan since a political dispute devolved into targeted ethnic massacres. Secretary of State John Kerry visited South Sudan today. His...
View ArticleSouth Sudan's Unrest Turns Politicians To Rebels, Tents To Homes
It seems hard to believe now, but the tit-for-tat ethnic killing that threatens to tear apart the country of South Sudan began with little more than a political tug of war. I was almost pulled into it...
View ArticleCan Africans Do A Better Job Of Peacekeeping In South Sudan?
The commander of the rebel movement in South Sudan has agreed to talk peace — if he can make it out of his secret war bunker.Riek Machar told U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon by phone on Tuesday that...
View ArticleNigerian Abductions Part Of A Terrible Pattern In African Conflicts
The girls at St. Mary's slept uneasily that night. Rebels were rumored to be nearby and planning an attack. Calls for protection by school administrators to a nearby army outpost went unanswered.By...
View ArticleNairobi Bombings Are A Sign Of Spreading Militant Influence
A pair of bombs killed at least 10 people in Kenya's capital on Friday. What do these and a slew of other attacks in Kenya say about the security situation in the country and the region?
View ArticleThe Mood In Abuja, Where Missing Schoolgirls Cast Long Shadow
Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Audie Cornish.ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: And I'm Robert Siegel.The president of Nigeria told a security conference in Paris...
View ArticleRelatives Of Kidnapped Girls: Bring Them Back — But Alive
Nigerians are asking themselves how far their government should go to bring almost 300 abducted schoolgirls back to their families.The militants of Boko Haram, the Islamist extremist group that claimed...
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