Rocketboom Field Correspondent Ruud Elmendorp reports on Iko Toilets (translation: “There Is A Toilet”) in Kenya.

Rocketboom Field Correspondent Cheikh Darou Seck reports on plastic recycling in Senegal.

From 2005: then Rocketboom field correspondent Zadi Diaz interviewed Current TV journalist Laura Ling. This past weekend, Laura Ling and fellow journalist Euna Lee were sentenced to 12 years in a North Korean hard labor camp for attempting to report on Korean refugees along the North Korea-China border. More coverage: American reporters get “very severe” 12-year sentences designed to scare all foreign journalists, US ‘concern’ for jailed reporters, Laura Ling, Euna Lee, US Journalists, Sentenced To 12 Years In North Korea, Twitter search for Laura Ling, Twitter search for Euna Lee

Rocketboom Field Correspondent Ruud Elmendorp reports on The African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) peacekeeping mission in Mogadishu, Somalia.

Rocketboom interviews Jordan Seiler about his Public Ad Campaign replacing 120 illegal NPA Outdoor billboards with art in New York City. Related Episode: Brand Jacking and Subvertising. (Thanks to Ronen!)

Rocketboom Field Correspondent Ruud Elmendorp reports on a local, Nairobi, Kenya-based effort to recycle plastic bags into fencing poles.

Rocketboom Field Correspondent Ruud Elmendorp reports on the distribution of bed nets in order to combat malaria in the Sudan. See also: Fighting Malaria in Kenya

Rocketboom visits a ‘World Record Appreciation Society’ event in New York City, an open, participatory evening of world record setting organized by the creators of the Universal Records Database.

Rocketboom Field Correspondent Ruud Elmendorp investigates the rise in boda bodas (or motorcycle taxis) in Kenya.

Rocketboom Field Correspondent Ruud Elmendorp interviews Julius Kasyoka, a reporter of Cameras for Kibera. A Dutch project from the Hot Sun Foundation that gives young Kenyans the tools to be citizen journalists.

Alive In Baghdad interviews Hassan Fadhel Allah al-Hussaini, the editor of Rayat al-Arab newspaper in Baghdad. He offers a personal perspective on the wide variety of dangers facing journalists in Iraq.

Rocketboom Field Correspondent Ruud Elmendorp covers the return of hostages and military cargo after the ship the MV Faina was seajacked and held by Somali pirates for 19 weeks. The ship was carrying 33 refurbished Soviet era T-72 tanks and at least 14,000 rounds of ammunition. One crewmember died during the ordeal.

Rocketboom Field Correspondent Ruud Elmendorp visits an ice skating rink in Nairobi, Kenya.

Rocketboom Field Correspondent Ruud Elmendorp reports from the birthplace of the father of U.S. President Barack Obama, Kogelo, Kenya as they prepare for Obama’s inauguration. Also see previous coverage of Kenya and Obama.

Rocketboom Field Correspondent Ruud Elmendorp reports on latrines that convert bio-waste into fuel.

Every morning Palestinian workers queue to cross the Gilo checkpoint into Jerusalem. Video courtesy of Socialautopsy. (thx, Hamish!) For related coverage on the disputed territory of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip see Qassam rockets in Sderot, Israel, and Bordering Barriers: Jerusalem.

Rocketboom Field Correspondent Ruud Elmendorp investigates banking through mobile phones in Kenya.

Rocketboom Field Correspondent Ruud Elmendorp looks into the growing trend of designing minibuses in Kenya. MatatuMania website.

Joanne takes at look at Wavefunction and Less Than Three, two interactive sculptures by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer at the Bitforms Gallery in New York City. Music by Podington Bear.

Ellie Rountree visits the redesigned Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, Canada. Music by Podington Bear.

Joanne visits mechanical sculptor Steve Gerberich. Music: Miles Davis Video Game Music by Tyler Riggs

A coalition of artist-activists led by The Yes Men prank commuters and hack the media with fake copies of the New York Times. NYTimes Special Edition News Release, NY1 In The Papers 11/13/2008, Russia Today: ‘War in Iraq is over’, Gefälschte Zeitung erklärt Ende des Irak-Kriegs, Google News results for fake new york times,  The Anti-Advertising Agency, CODEPiNK, Not An Alternative, UFPJ, May First, Improv Everywhere, and Cultures of Resistance. Music: Storie di Mose by Arthur Cravan.

Rocketboom Field Correspondent Ruud Elmendorp covers the “frenzy” over the American presidential candidate Barack Obama in Kisumu, Kenya, the home area of Obama’s father.

Joanne interviews the creators of Project Bueller, an effort to recreate the iconic parade float scene from the movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off at the 2008 New York City Village Halloween Parade.

Video taken outside of a McCain-Palin rally produced by Keystone Progress.