By Sam Ben-Meir* NEW YORK | 2 June 2026 (IDN) — Approaching the Metropolitan Museum of Art, one encounters not heroes, founders, or allegories of civilizational ascent, but animals—four of them—standing upright against the stone authority of the façade. A squirrel, a coyote, a deer, and a hawk occupy the Genesis Facade, not as emblems, […]
EEPA reports on Ethiopia’s 7th general election
BRUSSELS | 1 JUNE 2026 (IDN | EEPA) — The following are the situation reports on the region and how the EU and the UN view it, Ethiopia, Sudan and Somalia. SITUATION REPORT – HORN OF AFRICA & NEWS HIGHLIGHTS No. 732 – 1 June 2026 Situation in Ethiopia (per 1 June) Ethiopia’s 7th general […]
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: HIistory Will Not Yield to Power
By Alon Ben-Meir* NEW YORK | 30 May 2026 (IDN) — Israeli-Palestinian conflict, examining it from historical, religious, psychological, and geostrategic perspectives, as well as through the hard realities on the ground. After all this, one conclusion has remained inescapable: there will be no peace—none—unless it is anchored in a viable two-state solution. Nearly six […]
The Long Shadow of Slavery
50 million Modern Slaves and America’s Battle Over Historical Memory By Ramesh Jaura This article was first published on https://rjaura.substack.com BERLIN | 30 May 2026 (IDN) — More than 50 million people around the world are living in modern slavery today, according to the latest estimates from the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the United […]
Situation Report: Ethiopia to hold elections on 1 June; Forced conscription of youth in Tigray; EU deportation bill breaks down
No. 731 – 28 May 2026 Europe External Programme with Africa is a Belgium-based Centre of Expertise with in-depth knowledge, publications, and networks, specialised in issues of peacebuilding, refugee protection, and resilience in the Horn of Africa. EEPA has published extensively on issues related to the movement and/or human trafficking of refugees in the Horn […]
A ‘Wake-Up Call’ for U.S. Democracy
By Jan Servaes MIAMI | 28 May 2026 (IDN) — The weekend preceding Memorial Day (observed on the last Monday of May) is not only the time when Americans host their first barbecue of the summer season, but also when—during religious services, parades, and speeches—they commemorate those who have fallen in all American wars. In local […]
Ukrainian Crisis Isn’t Worth a New Cold War
By Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden | 27 May 2026 (IDN) —Both the West and Russia have a responsibility to make sure they don’t throw the baby out with the bath water as their quarrel over Ukraine continues. So much has been achieved since the end of the Cold War. Why throw it away because of […]
Turkey’s Egregious Human Rights Violations Are Beyond The Pale
By Alon Ben-Meir* NEW YORK | 26 May 2026 (IDN) — Turkey’s human rights record has crossed from troubling to indefensible. Behind the language of counterterrorism and national security lies a systematic campaign that has dismantled the rule of law, criminalised dissent, and stripped hundreds of thousands of their most basic rights. In the aftermath […]
Trump’s War on Iran Is a Symptom of Unchecked US Military Power
By George Yancy This article was originally published by Truthout. NEW YORK | 26 May 2026 (IDN) — Perhaps some things should never be spoken — for, when they are, they leave us aghast, in a state of horror. Think here of the ghostly figure in Edvard Munch’s “The Scream.” During the height of the […]
The Bomb Wins Again: How the 2026 NPT Review Conference Became a Monument to Nuclear Complacency
By Tariq Rauf A Special Report on the collapse of the Eleventh NPT Review Conference, New York, 27 April– 22 May 2026.[i] NEW YORK | 25 May 2026 (IDN) — On the evening of Friday, 22 May 2026, Ambassador Do Hung Viet, the President of the Eleventh Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) solemnly took […]