Sudan’s Underground Conflict
(May 16th, 2007)
Wars in Sudan have almost always been over scarce resources above ground. Gretchen Wilson reports there’s a much quieter and more fundamental conflict developing for what may or may not lie beneath.
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Culture Shock for New Refugees
(May 11th, 2007)
Tens of thousands of Somalis have fled their warring nation for the safety of Kenyan refugee camps, but the influx has strained resources at the camps and they’re finding that life isn’t easy there either. Gretchen Wilson brings us their story.
SOUTH AFRICA: Tired of waiting - frustration mounts over promised change
(February 24th, 2006)
MUSINA, 24 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - Every day, Mashudu Beauty Mukavhatsindi fetches water from an outdoor tap. To get there requires an ankle-twisting walk down a potholed road, past garbage-strewn lots that reek of human waste.
A resident of the Sihlala Nge Nkani informal settlement in the South African border town of Musina, 19-year-old Mukavhatsindi lives […]
