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  • Israel hasn't allowed outside journalists independent access to Gaza since it launched its war. That means it's been almost solely Palestinian journalists reporting on a war they're living through.
  • Pam Bondi is out as the country’s top prosecutor, and Florida’s attorney general calls foul on an NFL policy aiming to increase diversity in leadership positions.
  • Host Renee Montagne talks with Allison Des Forges, a consultant to Human Rights Watch Africa, about the on-going Burundi peace talks. President Clinton, as a personal favor to Nelson Mandela, will address the peace talks later today as part of his trip to Africa. Mandela was hoping to have an agreement from both the Tutsi-controlled government and the Hutu rebels before Clinton's visit, but that agreement has proved elusive.
  • Eleven new clothing factories open in Lesotho, making the kingdom Africa's largest exporter of textiles to the United States. The African Growth and Opportunity Act -- U.S. trade legislation lifting tariffs on hundreds of products from sub-Saharan Africa -- is credited with transforming Lesotho's economy. NPR's Jason Beaubien reports.
  • Communities living in the middle of a large energy project along one of Africa's largest lakes complain that the effects of the construction are creating stress and illness.
  • Veteran peace negotiator Padraig O'Malley worked on the conflicts in Northern Ireland and South Africa. Mac Maharaj played a role in the latter nation's anti-apartheid movement. Both took part in recent closed-door negotiations in Finland, aimed at bringing reconciliation among rival factions in Iraq.
  • Paul Simon's 1986 album Graceland fuses the music of America and South Africa.
  • A new United Nations climate report released in Monaco this week paints another grim picture for the planet and Florida. Seas are not only rising, but...
  • Despite the good news, there has still been a profound increase in sargassum in the Atlantic, and thus Florida’s beaches, compared to the early years of the USF study.
  • The son of The Beatles' George Harrison will finally release his debut solo album in October, but you can stream the gifted guitarist's In///Parallel in its entirety now.
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