By Heather Craig
After spending 11 days in Rwanda, studying justice and reconciliation post genocide, I’ve returned with a copious amount of information. Visiting memorials and listening to the accounts of survivors and perpetrators of the 1994 genocide proved to be an emotional and enlightening experience. More…
NEW YORK— A classmate playing with his father’s gun accidentally shot 12-year-old Nicholas Naumkin dead in Saratoga Springs, New York, in December 2010.
Now, as Esmé Montgomery reports, the gun-control advocacy group New Yorkers Against Gun Violence is promoting a bill, named “Nicholas’s Law” in his honor, that would require gun owners to store guns safely. The group believes that increased regulations are desperately needed to reduce accidental injuries to children by firearms.
New wave of refugees add chapter to Tanzania’s history as host. Story and photos by Barbara Borst.
New arrivals from Burundi waited for supplies in Nyarugusu refugee camp in Tanzania.
After more than 40 years as refugees, 162,000 Burundians become Tanzanian citizens. Barbara Borst reports.
A girl called Happiness draws water from the one free well in Ulyankulu, Tanzania. Photo by Barbara Borst
Samantha Adler analyzes what makes unusual forms of diplomacy effective or ineffective at reducing conflict. This is the final article in a series of five.
Effectiveness of unusual diplomacy. Chart by Samantha Adler
In the fourth article in her series on unusual forms of diplomacy, Samantha Adler examines efforts to use sports to bridge the divide in Northern Ireland.
Map of Ireland.
In the midst of Burundi’s civil war, two Zulu leaders who had once tried to kill one another shared their experience of making peace. Samantha Adler examines their work and other efforts in the third of five articles on innovative diplomacy.
Map of Burundi, courtesy of the United Nations
In the second part of a five-part series, Samantha Adler analyzes the use of basketball and classical music to strive to reduce tensions between North Korea and the United States.
The New York Philharmonic Orchestra performing in North Korea in 2008. Photo by Anthony Kuhn/NPR, published with permission
When diplomats are unable to end or prevent conflict, other parties may take the initiative, launching cross-border sports or cultural exchanges. In a five-part series, Samantha Adler analyzes informal and unusual types of diplomacy to see which hold the most promise.
The separation barrier between Israel and the West Bank, near Jenin, under construction in 2005. Photo by Barbara Borst
Ekurhuleni Pride Organising Committee members, including Ntsupe Mohapi, right;, and Matseko Mahlaba, foreground. Photo by Hayley Chesnik.
South Africa has extremely high rates of rape and other forms of gender-based violence. Hayley Chesnik reports on her travel to Johannesburg and Cape Town to learn about efforts to address the issue.
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Jane McClenahan writes: As it advanced through Asia in the Second World War, the Japanese Army established an estimated 2,000 ‘comfort stations’. This euphemism obscures the horror of what they really were – military brothels to service the sexual needs of the Japanese soldiers ….
Statue of a traditional Japanese warrior, near the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.
Photo by Barbara Borst
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