Can One of the World's Largest Refugee Camps Handle a Coming Rush of Arrivals?
The Dadaab Refugee Complex in Kenya hosts about 310,000 refugees, most of whom are Somalis who have fled conflict and drought. Dadaab has been around for about 30 years. And over the decades, it has...
6 Helmi 202323min
An Escalating Cycle of Violence in Israel and Palestine
We are in the midst of an escalating cycle of violence in Israel and Palestine. On Thursday, January 26 Israeli forces killed at least 9 people in a raid in the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank. Th...
2 Helmi 202328min
How to Catch a Dictator
My guest Reed Brody is a veteran war crimes prosecutor and author of the new book "To Catch a Dictator: The Pursuit and Trial of Hissene Habre." Hissene Habre was the brutal dictator of Chad from 198...
30 Tammi 202327min
How to Prosecute Vladimir Putin for the Crime of Aggression
Since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24th, 2022 there have been numerous examples of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by Russian soldiers. Many of these crimes are being investigat...
26 Tammi 202329min
Crisis in Peru
Peru is in the midst of the worst political violence experienced in the country in decades. Protests began in December following the ouster of former President Pedro Castillo. He was impeached and arr...
23 Tammi 202327min
Nigeria Elections: Young People are Backing an Insurgent Candidate and Shaking Up Nigerian Politics
On February 25th, Nigeria will hold federal elections. Nigeria is the largest democracy in Africa and one of the largest multiparty democracies in the world. Incumbent Muhammadu Buhari is respecting t...
19 Tammi 202331min
The Growing Global Backlash Against US Sanctions
Agathe Demarais was a treasury official in the French government working in Moscow and Beirut when she saw, first hand, some of the unintended impacts of US sanctions. Agathe Demarais is the global fo...
16 Tammi 202333min
Why So Many African Countries are Facing a Huge Debt Crisis Right Now?
According to the International Monetary Fund, 22 countries in Africa are either in debt distress or at high risk of debt distress --that is, they are unable to fulfill their financial obligations to c...
12 Tammi 202330min
