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Despite growing international pressure, the U.N. Security Council passes a resolution with only an implicit threat of sanctions if Sudan doesn't rein in the ethnic Arabic militias accused of raping and murdering black Africans in the Darfur region. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports.

World leaders said "never again" after atrocities in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. Join NPR's Neal Conan and his guests to discuss the future of Darfur and what can be done to stop the ethnic fighting in western Sudan.

Reporter Victoria Mauleon is a Basque American. She traveled back to her homeland near Pamplona, Spain, for a family reunion where she discussed with her relatives issues of Basque identity what it means to be a part of an ethnic group which has fought to maintain its sovereignty and soul for hundreds of years.

In the Darfur region of Sudan, thousands of people have died and a million have been driven from their homes as result of what many are calling ethnic cleansing or even genocide. Hear NPR's Susan Stamberg, photographer Marcus Bleasdale, and Dr. Jennifer Leaning of Physicians for Human Rights.

A week ago, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika was elected to a second term in a country emerging from more than a decade of civil strife. Many Algerians wonder how he intends to bridge the gap between the nation's Islamists, secular civil society and restless ethnic Berber minority. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports.

For 100 days in 1994, Rwanda experienced one of the worst genocides of the 20th century. More than 800,000 Tutsis were killed, primarily by their neighbors. NPR's Jason Beaubien.

Amid continuing violence in Iraq, the struggle continues to establish democratic government. In Baquba, a city about an hour north of Baghdad, elections for district council attract only about two percent of potential voters. NPR'S Emily Harris reports.

The voodoo religion, with 30 million followers in West Africa, is one of the most misunderstood faiths in the world. NPR's John Burnett explores the deities, music and rituals of voodoo.

In the eight years since the Dayton peace agreement put an end to a three-sided war in Bosnia, the country has become a kind of laboratory for nation building. But in the city of Mostar, ethnic division, intolerance and tribal politics prevail. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports.

The United States will open a refugee resettlement program for more than 15,000 ethnic Hmong or Lao who are living illegally on the grounds of a famous Buddhist temple in Thailand. They have been in limbo for many years, unable to return to Laos and unwelcome in Thailand. Doualy Xaykaothao reports.