Earlier this year a famine was declared in Somalia. It was not the first time the world had heard about a humanitarian crisis in that struggling country. How did the world respond? How did Somalia get to the state it is in today and who was involved in getting it...
Journalist Ruud Elmendorp just returned from Somalia where he observed and reported on the state of things in that country. This complicated journey involved getting protection from the African Union force which handles security for the airport, the presidential vila, and the port. Ruud visited each of this places...
So what you know 'bout the pirates terrorize the ocean, To never know a simple day without a big commotion, It can't be healthy just to live with a such steep emotion, And when I try and sleep, I see coffins closing. This is the chorus of the song I'm listening to as...
Greetings from Amsterdam, where winter has set in nicely. While I have a tremendous amount of love for independent podcasters out there, I still look to many alternative and even get what I get from mainstream media podcasts as part of the quest to piece together what is really happening...
Working very very late on some upcoming podcasts, from Afghanistan, to Guinea, to Liberia.. there's alot coming up. But in the meantime, as I did my research for the day, which always includes almost 6 hours of podcasts daily, two in particular had me captivated and hitting rewind...
