Sanctuary
anna @ May 27, 2011 # No Comment Yet
Anna Sussman reports on how Liberia’s civil war forced a teenage boy to choose between taking up arms, and leaving his country behind. Listen to Sanctuary on NPR’s Snap Judgment.
Child Soldiers–Not Just for Africa
anna @ April 20, 2011 # No Comment Yet
Why do armies recruit children? Shane O’Doherty looks back on his years as a child soldier for the IRA and explains. Anna Sussman reports for NPR’s Snap Judgment Babyface Bomber
On the MEND
anna @ January 18, 2011 # No Comment Yet
When 68 year-old Texas oil worker Macon Hawkins was kidnapped by MEND rebels in Nigeria, he learned to see the oil business in a new light. Anna Sussman reports On the MEND
Left for Dead
anna @ January 18, 2011 # No Comment Yet
What do you do when wake up in a shallow grave, alone, in the middle of the outback? Have a listen…. Buried Alive
16 Years to Life
anna @ November 15, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Brenda Clubine spent 26 years in a California prison for killing her abusive husband. But in prison she realized she had a higher calling to save the lives of hundreds of women. Sixteen-to-Life
UN official looks at US housing crisis
anna @ November 7, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The economic crisis has hit American homeowners and renters especially hard. You can read the impact on the faces of the homeless and in the yard signs that say foreclosed. Now a UN official is seeing it for herself on a tour of the United States. Reporter Anna Sussman went along for the ride in [...]
US Military Aid to Liberia Cause for Concern
anna @ August 10, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The US has donated some $200 million in military aid to re-train and re-arm Liberia’s military. While some say the notoriously criminal army needed the professional training, others are worried given the violent consequences US military aid to the country in the past. Anna Sussman reports for PRI’s The World. Liberia’s Military.
World’s largest Camel Fair
anna @ February 27, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Anna Sussman reports for PRI/BBC’s The World on the Pushkar Camel fair in India. Desert of India
Ancient Melodies, Modern Sounds
anna @ February 17, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Recording duo Bathiya and Santhush started a music revolution in Sri Lanka when they combined ancient melodies with contemporary beats. Anna Sussman reports for The World Bathiya and Santhush
Uganda’s Ghetto President Slams Government
anna @ July 30, 2007 # No Comment Yet
The chart topping ghetto president of Uganda talks about his music, his life and how the government has failed the poor people. Jonathan Jones reports for PRI’s The World Bobi Wine