Nov 9th, 2008 · Host Liane Hansen speaks with Antonio Guterres, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, about the intensifying conflict in eastern Congo and the challenge of providing food and shelter to those trying to flee the war-torn region.
Nov 3rd, 2008 · A U.N. aid convoy is headed for rebel-held areas of eastern Congo with medical supplies for some of the 250,000 people who have fled the fighting. Diplomats from the U.S., Europe and the U.N. are trying to arrange a regional peace conference.
Nov 1st, 2008 · A rebel army outside the eastern capital of Goma is pushing for direct talks with the government. But despite major territorial gains this week, they have yet to reach the bargaining table. NPR's Gwen Thompkins joins guest host Alison Stewart from a rebel-controlled area.
Oct 31st, 2008 · In eastern Congo, a cease-fire declared two days ago by rebel Gen. Luarent Nkunda seems to be holding, but his fighters control access to the city of Goma. Humanitarian organizations have resumed operations in Goma and the surrounding countryside where many city dwellers fled during the fighting.
Oct 29th, 2008 · Though he now lives in Seattle, folk musician Darren Smith grew up across Washington's eastern border in the small college town of Moscow, ID. With a secluded population of only 22,000, Moscow bills itself as the "Heart of the Arts." It might sound like an unlikely title, but Moscow, ID is also the home of singer-songwriter Josh Ritter. "Maybe it's the cold winters and isolation that brings out the artistic drive in people," Smith says.
Oct 27th, 2008 · Residents of the Congolese city of Goma pelted the U.N. building with stones in protest against what they see as the U.N.'s failure to protect the city from advancing Congolese Tutsi rebels. Four U.N. offices in eastern Congo have been attacked by angry civilians. Michael Kavanagh, a reporter trapped in a U.N. building, offers his insight.
Oct 27th, 2008 · U.N. peacekeepers attacked rebels in eastern Congo with helicopter gunships Monday while crowds of protesters threw rocks outside four U.N. compounds, venting outrage at what they claimed was a failure to protect them from advancing rebel forces.
Sep 25th, 2008 · It's hard to find rocks from the earliest days of the planet; the surface is constantly changing. But exposed bedrock on the eastern shore of the Hudson Bay in Quebec may be 4.3 billion years old.