BRUSSELS | 12 November 2026 (IDN | EEPA) — The following are the situation reports on the migration and refugee situation, the situation in Ethiopia, the situation in Sudan, the regional and international situation, Kenya’s high court rules on refugees right to work, 65 people killed in Benishangul-Gumuz, ENDF fires artillery near Badme Migration and […]
Sudan’s Empty Warehouses Leave Millions Without Shelter
As relief stocks run out, expanding drone warfare, foreign arms supplies and divided diplomacy are worsening one of the world’s largest humanitarian emergencies By Ramesh Jaura BERLIN | 12 November 2026 (IDN) – Winter nights in Darfur and northern Sudan can be bitterly cold. Many families displaced by war are nevertheless sleeping beneath plastic sheets, […]
Russia Courts Africa but Investment Lags Behind Diplomacy
Moscow has widened its political reach, but African governments want investment that creates jobs and reduces dependence as well as grain supplies and security agreements By Kester Kenn Klomegah* MOSCOW | 11 November 2026 (IDN) — African delegations came to Moscow for Russia’s third summit with the continent despite Western efforts to isolate the Kremlin. […]
Beyond Endless Struggle: What The Battle of Algiers Still Teaches Us About Revolution
By Sam Ben-Meir * NEW YORK | 11 November 2026 (IDN) —In Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another (2025), Leonardo DiCaprio’s character, Bob Ferguson, a disillusioned former revolutionary, watches Gillo Pontecorvo’s The Battle of Algiers (1966) on television. The juxtaposition is almost comical: a man whose revolutionary aspirations have collapsed into private survival contemplates […]
OPINION: Ukraine’s Black Soil and the Hidden Reality of a Ruined Country
By Wolfgang Bittner* GÖTTINGEN, Germany | 10 November 2026 (IDN) — Ukraine, which has been at war with Russia since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, is known for its fertile black soil—chernozem—a nutrient-rich humus soil that in some areas reaches considerable depth and produces high agricultural yields. Chernozem covers a substantial part of Ukraine, particularly […]
EEPA reports on ENDF reinforcements sent to Rama and Sheraro
BRUSSELS | 9 November 2026 (IDN | EEPA) — The following are the situation reports on ENDF reinforcements sent to Rama and Sheraro, SAF advance into West Kordofan, Tigrayans allegedly trafficked to fight in Sudan war, the situation in Ethiopia, the situation in Sudan, the regional and international situation Situation in Ethiopia (per 9 November) […]
There is No Clean Nuclear Bunker Buster
Talk of a nuclear strike on Iran’s “Pickaxe Mountain” has no official basis. But if the idea resurfaces, the US National Academies settled the central question two decades ago: an earth-penetrating nuclear weapon cannot contain its effects. By Tariq Rauf* VIENNA | 9 November 2026 (IDN) — In recent days, parts of the US and […]
ESSAY: The Illusion of Decentralization: Cryptocurrency and the Contradictions of Digital Capitalism
By Sam Ben-Meir* NEW YORK | 7 November 2026 (IDN) — In a sophisticated cyberattack whose most intensive phase lasted approximately twenty minutes, hackers stole an estimated $6.3 billion in cryptocurrency from Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, in what investigators have described as the biggest digital asset theft in history. The attack, whose precise […]
OPINION: From the Strait of Hormuz to the Strait of Midterm, Trump Pays Heavy Price
By Azu Ishiekwene The writer is the Editor-In-Chief of LEADERSHIP and the author of the new book Writing for Media and Monetising It. ABUJA, Nigeria | 7 November 2026 (IDN) — Those who voted for President Donald Trump and handed the Republicans a majority in the US Congress two years ago cannot claim it was a […]
OPINION: A UN for All? Asia’s Inclusion Must Be a Priority for the Next Secretary-General
By Shihana Mohamed* NEW YORK | 6 November 2026 (IDN) — “Outside these walls, people are not asking whether the United Nations still exists. They are asking whether it works.” Khalilur Rahman of Bangladesh, President of the United Nations General Assembly, warned the international community in his opening remarks at the 81st Session of the United Nations General […]