Nigerian Cartoonist Tayo Fatunla

Here’s a concept: political cartoons about Africa….by an African political cartoonist. Nigerian Tayo Fatunla has been making visual comments — sometimes funny, sometimes quite somber — on the politics of his home country, Nigeria, and the rest of Africa, for decades. Tayo Fatunla joins The World’s Carol Hills in this narrated cartoon slideshow featuring a selection of the Nigerian cartoonist’s work from the past decade.
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Global Political Cartoons: November 6 – 12, 2010

Non-Indian cartoonists commenting on President Obama’s visit to India all use the same visual image: a snake charmer. The Indian political cartoonists use a wider canvas.

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The beer economy

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World leaders are gathered in Pittsburgh, PA this week for the G20 Summit. They are trying to sort out the world’s economic problems – monetary and fiscal policies, capital requirements, and financial regulations. It can be confusing stuff. The World’s Jason Margolis went to Pittsburgh trying to make sense of it by looking at only one product: a bottle of beer. Download MP3

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The G20 gains more clout

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President Obama announced today that the G20 will NOW act as the global forum for economic policy — and not the smaller G8. The decision brings some of the newer, developing economies to the table. Anchor Marco Werman explains.

G20 summit tomorrow

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Today all eyes are on the United Nations in New York. World leaders, including President Obama, gathered there for the 64th UN General Assembly. Tomorrow, the leaders of the world’s biggest economies will be moving to another US city. Pittsburgh is hosting the G20 summit tomorrow and Friday. The 20 nations represented make up 85 percent of the global economy. The World’s Jason Margolis reports from Pittsburgh. Download MP3 (Photo SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

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G20 preview

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Anchor Marco Werman speaks with The World’s Jason Margolis, who’s in Pittsburgh, about the G20 meeting that gets under way there tomorrow.

Entire program – April 2, 2009

Today on The World: What’s come out of the G20 summit in London; How Italian car company Fiat can help save Chrysler from bankruptcy; And a movie that takes you back to Paris in 1936 — labor unrest, included.

Wrapping up the G20 summit (3:30)

The World’s Laura Lynch reports on the plan that came out of the G20 meeting in London. It includes more than one trillion dollars for the International Monetary Fund.

New world order at G20 (4:45)

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with the BBC’s diplomatic correspondent Bridget Kendall about how the G20 summit highlighted dynamics among the nations represented in London. Listen to the full interview with Bridget Kendall

Entire program – April 1, 2009

Demonstrators clash with police in the streets of London ahead of tomorrow’s G20 summit; An Air Force colonel talks about piloting a warplane in Afghanistan from his high-tech cockpit in the United States; and Syrians want more people to enjoy the Old City of Damascus, but its growing popularity is threatening the ancient feel of [...]