... and civil society issues, he advised the then Director-General and co-founder of IPS, Roberto Savio, on communication strategy.
After leaving IPS in 1998, he acted as editorial and communication ...
... dissident local leaders surrender expired, there are fears that those most likely to suffer will be innocent civilians.
In an attempt to counter such fears, Abiy Ahmed released a statement November 26 ...
... destabilizing civil war. The latest conflict pits the government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed against the Tigray people who see themselves side-lined from power after almost two decades as head of a coalition ...
... and expanded in many directions, one of which is the BRICS Civil Forum. Significant to recall that during the 7th summit held in July in the Russian provincial city of Ufa in Bashkortostan, on Russia’s ...
... a project of the Independent Media Institute.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, USA (IDN) – A new book by one of the nation’s foremost civil liberties lawyers powerfully describes how America’s constitutional checks ...
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network
NEW YORK | BAMAKO (IDN) – Protests broke out across the West African state of Mali for the third time in a month as President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita appeared ...
... says: "No patriotic Igbo son or daughter can pretend that Biafra is not part of the history and indeed the major watershed in the history of the Igbo nation."
The Biafra civil war resulted from the ...
... marks 75 years since the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
By the end of 1945, more than 210,000 people—mainly civilians—were dead. But the surviving atomic bomb victims (Hibakusha), ...
... in one of the world's most unequal nations, a coalition of over 160 Brazilian civil society organizations and movements seized the moment last month (March) to turn theory into practice with A Renda Básica ...
... civilizational clout and strategic location on global trade routes. The Indian Sub-Continent is at the centre of the Indian Ocean that touches Africa on the West and China on the east.
Asia, from Iran ...
... at http://eacpe.org/app/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Linked-Dangers-to-Civilization-John-Scales-Avery.pdf. These dangers are linked to each other, and I will try to put forward some thoughts about the various ...
... event held in Herat, the capital of the western province, brought together around 100 women activists, government leaders and civil society representatives from across the region. The discussions focussed ...
By Jamshed Baruah
GENEVA (IDN) – A United Nations report has condemned a missile attack against Mitiga Airport, near Tripoli’s centre. At least two civilians were injured, while the tarmac and several ...
Viewpoint by Patricia Moreira
Patricia Moreira is Managing Director of Transparency International, the global civil society organisation at the forefront of the fight against corruption. This viewpoint ...
... Demonstrators held the line, saying they would continue the rallies until a civilian leadership was installed.
The protesters are demanding a quicker move than the military's announced two-year transition ...
Viewpoint by Kalinga Seneviratne
SINGAPORE (IDN) – When European gunboats went across the world, Christian missionaries who wanted to “civilize” the people – to whom the Bible was an unknown entity – ...
... conflicts, trade wars, environmental pollution.
The main civilizational problem
Inter-civilizational conflicts look absurd against the backdrop of scientific and technological progress. But at this ...
... were killed.
"It is unconscionable that civilians and the aid workers who are trying to help them are killed and maimed in conflict zones with utter impunity. We need this to end," said Under-Secretary-General ...
... and failures of efforts targeting a scourge that eats into the vitals of human rights. – The Editor.
LONDON (IDN) – Civil society organisations (CSOs) and independent media play a vital role in anti-corruption ...
... in the Arab states while assaults on freedom of expression, press freedoms and civil society continue to escalate, reports Transparency International, the global civil society organisation leading the ...
... Index (CPI) 2017 released on February 21 shows that authoritarianism rose across the region in 2017, hindering anti-corruption efforts and threatening civil liberties, with non-governmental organisations ...
By J Nastranis
NEW YORK (IDN) – Civil society and non-governmental organizations have expressed "deep concern" over the proposals for substantial cuts to the United Nations (UN) biennial budget for 2018-2019. ...
... the future. Human civilization, which is sustaining its security with the ability to exterminate itself during several hours of nuclear warfare, does not deserve the title of “civilization’. It is high ...
... war, the destructiveness of which would dwarf the horror of World War I and World War II, and possibly destroy civilization as we know it. Now that nuclear weapons are illegal, we can celebrate the end ...
... and civil society entities, including faith based organizations; as eminent journalist Ramesh Jaura notes, “the need to accelerate progress toward the abolition of nuclear weapons, encourage youth engagement ...
... blessing. A litmus test of the Biden administration’s commitment to return to multilateralism would be to engage in a civil manner with supporters of the Nuclear Ban Treaty, encourage the NATO allies to ...
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No matter what he does, I am confident that there will be an abundance of civility, candour, empathy, and straight talk, and concrete actions beneficial to all Americans.
On the night before his inauguration, ...
... said Americans must end the "uncivil war." He said that can be done by opening our souls and leading by example.
"If we do that, I guarantee we will not fail. We have never ever, ever, ever failed in America. ...
... overwhelmingly civilians. The required clarity that nuclear weapons are illegal has finally been established by the TPNW.
Indeed, the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons and the ...
... opposed Obama when he decided the US should work with France and the UK to take out Libya’s President Muammar Gaddafi. He argued it would turn a peaceful country into one consumed by a wretched civil war, ...
... systems, bringing together major youth groups, top influencers, companies, startups, academic institutions, civil society organizations, governments, media, the general public to drive awareness, engagement, ...
... States, as well as regional and local actors, civil society and the private sector.
Meanwhile Germany has confirmed the launch of the Legacy Landscape Fund, a new global public-private coalition aimed ...
... to grow and evolve their space capabilities, who want to use them for economic purposes, who want to use them for civil and public safety purposes, who also want to use them for national security purposes. ...
... the Somali region of Ethiopia.
A video emerged of the massacre at the Aksum Church of Maryam Zion, where at least 750 civilians were allegedly killed by Eritrean troops. The video shows a body taken ...
... politics of white victimhood is nothing new. For example, before the Civil War, pro-slavery advocates blamed abolitionists for causing slave revolts and endangering the lives of white Southerners.
A ...
... know then is that the “enemies” my father had been fighting including his cousins and the children of our neighbours. The civil war cut deep into the social and cultural ties of Ethiopia’s many ethnic ...
... Portugal has taken the much more substantial chairmanship of the EU, and this is a very positive contribution to a positive 2021. Portugal is today probably the most civilised country of Europe, a place ...
... Beside these 10 specialised meetings, there will be 8 “engagement groups”, which will range from Business to Civil Society and Youth, etc.
The G20 is formed by countries that are involved in different ...
... II on an estimated 3% of the world population, among combatants and civilians.[22]
Fortunately, no similar man-made catastrophe has occurred since but in our days the world is struggling to find effective ...
... and on the Central Mediterranean Route.
It cooperates with a wide network of universities, research organisations, civil society and experts from Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Djibouti, Somalia, Sudan, South ...
... a wide network of universities, research organisations, civil society and experts from Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Djibouti, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda and across Africa. Key in-depth publications ...
... focused civilization that, while it may have disputes with its neighbors, is not on a mission to fundamentally remake the world.
While it would naturally prefer rules that favor it and resists any principles ...
... jobs through whatever means it considers appropriate. To see China as a civilizational enemy over such issues, however, is bizarre.
The same is true regarding IP theft. While the practice has been estimated ...
... in the Horn of Africa and on the Central Mediterranean Route.
It cooperates with a wide network of Universities, research organisations, civil society and experts from Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Djibouti, ...
... Continued civil and international war across the centuries, has pitted French against Germans, British against the French, Spanish and Germans, Russians against French and Germans, Czechs against Poles, ...
... in the Horn of Africa and on the Central Mediterranean Route.
It cooperates with a wide network of Universities, research organisations, civil society and experts from Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Djibouti, ...
... African Police Service. Called the Marikana massacre, it was the most lethal use of force by South African security forces against civilians since 1976.
The Marikana strike was followed by similar strikes ...
... Selam, 50 kilometers from the regional capital. Civilians are afraid of ENDF soldiers as they are said to take revenge on civilians after losing a battle.
Mechanised infantry of the ENDF is being moved ...
... civil society and international institutions to step up action on sustainable energy. UN-Energy co-chair and UNDP Administrator
Achim Steiner recently called for a reinforcement of global energy governance: ...
... well entrenched mountain positions.
The ENDF has launched an offensive towards Samre, East of Mekelle.
Meanwhile, cruelties against civilians are reported. These include forcing relatives to commit ...
... as part of the violence carried out on civilians in Tigray.
Sudan has declared that it achieved control of its territory occupied by Ethiopian farmers after several weeks of fighting in the area. Ethiopian ...