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1. Phil Harris

(Contacts / Editors and Bureau Chiefs)

... communication and the new international order (published by Sage in 1997), a broad-ranging analysis of the international context of world communication, in which an international group of leading scholars ...

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2. Global Cooperation Council

(Contacts / Organizations)

... Press Service Deutschland GmbH, which provides a selection of news, features and backgrounders in German. The GLOBAL COOPERATION COUNCIL has also launched websites as part of a media project sponsored ...

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3. Eric Walberg

(Contacts / Writers)

Eric Walberg, About Eric Walberg Eric Walberg is a Canadian journalist specializing in the Middle East, Central Asia and Russia. A graduate of University of Toronto and Cambridge in economics, he has ...

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4. Kilimanjaro Threatened by Fires Which Shaped It

(OPINION)

... – years with unusually dry seasons – destroyed vast areas of old cloud forest. These are characteristically moist forests in high altitude areas which create unique environments. The forest was replaced ...

Created on 15 November 2020

5. 5G Is Only One of Many Battle Arenas in U.S. Tech War in Which China Holds the Cards

(OPINION)

... to the WTO for a dispute settlement, as the dispute settlement body itself has been made virtually defunct by the United States. The battle over 5G and Huawei has become the ground on which the U.S.-China ...

Created on 14 August 2020

6. Warfare or Community-Building: Which Way Forward?

(OPINION)

... required to secure enough common ground to move forward on collective projects. Real communities are also shot through by political and other differences (which are much more enduring and deeply rooted ...

Created on 04 August 2020

7. UN Chief Warns Against 'vaccinationalism' As 2 Million Die of COVID-19 Pandemi

(Health & Well Being)

... way – together. Global solidarity will save lives, protect people and help defeat this vicious virus”, added Mr. Guterres. Meanwhile, a new COVID-19 diagnostic test, which can provide reliable results ...

Created on 17 January 2021

8. Behind January 6 Insurrection: America Is an Oligarchy, Not A Functioning Democracy

(OPINION)

... a growing commitment to sectarian interests which have, in many parts of the nation, superseded commitment to the republic itself. This sheds a different light on the events. While the spark that ignited ...

Created on 17 January 2021

9. High Atlas Foundation Grows Trees in Nurseries Built on Moroccan Jewish Community Land

(Africa)

By Yossef Ben-Meir, President, High Atlas Foundation MARRAKECH (IDN) – On World Religion Day, January 17, the High Atlas Foundation (HAF) celebrates its interfaith fruit tree nurseries, which are built ...

Created on 16 January 2021

10. 'Fine Words Butter No Parsnips' — Behind Boris Johnson’s So-Called Liberalis

(OPINION)

... in which racism is increasingly acceptable. Johnson’s attacks on the rule of law have been so damaging that the credit rating agency Moody’s downgraded the UK’s national credit status on the basis of ...

Created on 15 January 2021

11. Things Bode Increasingly Ill for the Horn

(Horn of Africa)

Compiled by EEPA BRUSSELS (IDN) – Asena TV shows images of four to six explosions outside the municipality offices in the centre of Addis Ababa, which were followed with a few shots. New Eritrean troops ...

Created on 15 January 2021

12. Intra-African Commerce Remains Abstract Hope

(Africa)

... But COMESA states producing and exporting similar commodities have tried to protect their domestic industries, which has led to low trade between members. Other barriers, which include years of dithering ...

Created on 15 January 2021

13. Landmark World Social Forum Meets Virtually

(Global Partnerships)

... to push forward initiatives, actions, fights and global political campaigns. On the last day, January 31, 'the Agora of Futures', an activity in which social movements and organizations from around the ...

Created on 14 January 2021

14. How Will Africa Remember Donald Trump? Here Is How.

(OPINION)

... called for constitutional amendment to broaden land ownership which, because of South Africa’s apartheid history, put millions of blacks at a severe disadvantage.  That was all. If there was any killing ...

Created on 14 January 2021

15. As A Tigrayan, My Bond with Ethiopia Feels Beyond Repair

(OPINION)

... which became an independent country. My family left Asmara for Addis Ababa where we lived in a refugee camp for the next ten years. The new government was not in any hurry to help the families of soldiers ...

Created on 13 January 2021

16. Whither the G20 in a World of Declining Multilateralism: Part 2

(OPINION)

...  Even the Pope has launched an appeal for distributing a free vaccine in the poor countries, and India and South Africa (which are members of the G20) have asked to the General Assembly of the World Health ...

Created on 13 January 2021

17. Whither the G20 in a World of Declining Multilateralism: Part 1

(OPINION)

Viewpoint by Roberto Savio* ROME (IDN | OtherNews) – For 2021, Italy has been given chairmanship of the Group of 20, which brings together the world’s 20 most important countries. On paper, they represent ...

Created on 13 January 2021

18. Watchdog Indicates Barriers to UN Ban on Nuclear Weapons

(Nuclear Weapons)

... can become a party to global treaties for which the Secretary-General of the United Nations is the depositary. The 197 states include all 193 UN member states, the two UN observer states (the Holy See ...

Created on 13 January 2021

19. The Rationale for Scotland Returning to the European Union

(OPINION)

... There were the terrible “Clearances” which began in the middle of the eighteenth century and which allowed loyalist landlords to expel their peasant inhabitants in favour of sheep. This move left more ...

Created on 12 January 2021

20. 75 Years On The First UN General Assembly Resolution

(Nuclear Weapons)

... August 6 and 9 of the previous year and the political impact of the bombings was still very strong. The United States was the only country possessing atomic capabilities at the time, which remained the ...

Created on 12 January 2021

21. Humanity Needs to Take a Course That Does Not Conflict with Nature

(UN INSIDER)

By Kwame Buist NEW YORK (IDN) – The process of recovery from the coronavirus pandemic offers the chance to change course and put humanity on a path which is not in conflict with nature, UN Secretary-General ...

Created on 12 January 2021

22. Corruption Trials in Algeria – No More Facebook for Museveni – Nobel Laureate Denounces Rise of Armed Groups

(Africa)

... members of the prominent Kouninefa family. In that case, four family members received long jail sentences – from 12 to 20 years – for illegal profiteering and breach of contract by which they amassed enormous ...

Created on 11 January 2021

23. The Assault on the Citadel of US Democracy

(OPINION)

... for impeachment”. I reliably understand that Article I “Incitement of Insurrection” refers not only to the attack on the Capitol but also to his prior phone call on January 2, 2021, in which Trump urged ...

Created on 11 January 2021

24. A New UN Report Calls for Living in Balance with The Planet

(Health & Well Being)

... the very systems upon which we rely for survival. The Covid-19 pandemic, which almost certainly sprang to humans from animals, took very little time to expose and exploit overlapping inequalities, ...

Created on 10 January 2021

25. Why We Care

(OPINION)

... seen of the Persian gazelle which so enriches the beauty of its home province of Zanjan in Iran. Zanjan is also home to the university that hosts its name, the UNAI SDG hub for Goal 15, geared to the ...

Created on 09 January 2021

26. Capitol Hill Insurrection Demonstrates What the US Does Abroad

(OPINION)

... by helicopter to capture Maduro. This plot failed as the Maduro government got prior knowledge of it. Last month, the Maduro government won a resounding victory in the National Assembly elections which ...

Created on 09 January 2021

27. UN Chief Points to Fragility and Conflict as Major Obstacles to Sustainable Development Goals

(Poverty)

... open debate on January 6. The debate was organized by Mr Kais Saied, the Security Council's Presidency for the month of January. He called for a Global Ceasefire, which he said, goes hand-in-hand with ...

Created on 08 January 2021

28. The AU Peace Process to Solve the Conflict in Tigray Alleged to Have Been Undermined

(Horn of Africa)

... which hosts 25,000 refugees from Eritrea. The camp has still not been reached by humanitarian organisations and refugees and communities have been without food supplies for over two months. The ENDF ...

Created on 08 January 2021

29. Is China Seeking to Remake the World in Its Own Image?

(OPINION)

... unquestionably sovereign nations. China’s territorial claims are naturally controversial internationally but are modest compared to those sought by other powers—not least the U.S. itself, which early in ...

Created on 08 January 2021

30. What Is the U.S. Afraid of China Actually Doing?

(OPINION)

... of Chicago. The following are excerpts from the article, which was originally published at Palladiummag on December 29, 2020. [IDN-InDepthNews – 07 January 2021] Photo: Secretary of State John Kerry ...

Created on 07 January 2021

31. Uncertainty Stalks Ethiopia, the Tigray Region and the Horn of Africa

(Horn of Africa)

... It is the latest statement by an Ethiopian Federal official which confirms the presence of Eritrean troops in Tigray. General Belay is blaming the TPLF for starting the conflict and stopping the ENDF ...

Created on 07 January 2021

32. The Nuclear Weapon States Urged to Advance Disarmament

(Nuclear Weapons)

... deep divisions among the nuclear-weapon states (NWS), and between them and the non-nuclear-weapon states (NNWS), which are deeply disappointed with the lack of progress towards nuclear disarmament despite ...

Created on 06 January 2021

33. Ending Our Suicidal War Against Nature

(OPINION)

... activity of nature; with every rood of land brought into cultivation, which is capable of growing food for human beings; every flowery waste or natural pasture plowed up, all quadrupeds or birds which ...

Created on 06 January 2021

34. Ocean Threatened by Loss of Coral Reefs

(OPINION)

... symbionts), which results in the coral bleaching. Bleaching can be reversed when sea temperatures cool. What happened between 2014 and 2017 was that the sea temperatures did not drop enough for the corals ...

Created on 05 January 2021

35. UN Concerned Over the Situation of Refugees from Tigray

(Horn of Africa)

... the UNESCO site Negash Mosque, Africa's oldest mosque, which was severely damaged in December as a result of shelling. A list has been published on-line, claiming to contain the names of civilian victims ...

Created on 05 January 2021

36. Unionists Grieve the Demise of South African Labour Leader

(Africa)

... at other mines across South Africa, events which collectively made 2012 the most protest-filled year in the country since the end of apartheid. Tribute was also paid by the National Education, Health, ...

Created on 04 January 2021

37. Unease as UN Peace Mission in Sudan Ends and Ethiopian Soldiers Return Home

(Horn of Africa)

... which was assembled in a meeting in Planet hotel in Mekelle. These are some of the highlights of the January 3 EEPA report on the situation in the Horn of Africa. EEPA, Europe External Programme with ...

Created on 03 January 2021

38. India Has an Ambitious Agenda as UN Security Council Member

(South Asia)

... around the world come from India, which means one out of every three vaccines. The cost of production and clinical trials is the lowest in the world in India. As the world's pharmacy, India would seek ...

Created on 02 January 2021

39. Things Getting Complicated for Ethiopia

(Horn of Africa)

... Minister of Foreign Affairs accused Sudan of sending troops into Ethiopia, which is denied by Sudan. Negotiations between the countries broke down last week. These are the highlights of the January 2 ...

Created on 02 January 2021

40. Culture Struggling to Survive COVID-19 Impact

(UN INSIDER)

... the music industry more than $10 billion in lost sponsorships. The global publishing market could shrink by 7.5 per cent. "The sector, which accounts for 30 million jobs, is struggling to survive and ...

Created on 01 January 2021

41. An Overview of the Situation in Tigray as 2021 Begins

(Horn of Africa)

... in September 2020, which were not recognised by Addis Ababa. National elections had been postponed due to the COVID-situation. Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) won a new mandate, it claims, through ...

Created on 01 January 2021

42. UN Assembly President Calls for Working Together for A Better Tomorrow

(UN INSIDER)

... it through a dark period in history, but there are brighter days ahead in 2021, as we begin the roll out of vaccines for all, which will be fundamental to our collective efforts, to safeguard humanity." ...

Created on 31 December 2020

43. UN Supplies Food for 25,000 Refugees in Tigray Region

(Horn of Africa)

... hostilities. Until December 1, no supplies had been allowed into the conflict zone, which has displaced thousands, many across the border into Sudan. UN humanitarian coordination office (OCHA) spokesperson ...

Created on 31 December 2020

44. The Guest, Corona, Didn’t Come to Play

(OPINION)

... Capital Territory, which is responsible for collecting the results from laboratories and notifying patients of their status, doesn’t bother sending out results anymore.  “The department has virtually ...

Created on 31 December 2020

45. EEPA Report on the Horn of Africa Situation December 31

(Horn of Africa)

... heavy bombardment and killed 21 youth, including a 7 year old child. The economist has published an article which argues that there is mounting evidence of an Eritrean presence in Ethiopia. This “makes ...

Created on 31 December 2020

46. Science Has Delivered the Vaccines, The WTO Should Make Them Accessible and Affordable

(OPINION)

... on WHO’s Covid19-Technology Access Pool or the C-TAP initiative, which encourages the voluntary contribution of IP, technology and data to support the global sharing and scale-up of the manufacturing of ...

Created on 30 December 2020

47. Encourage USA To Compromise with Russia, Iran, China and The Islamic World

(OPINION)

... who, when a young Harvard professor, wrote that nuclear weapons could be used. His somersault towards being against any possession of nuclear weapons, which other top ex-foreign policy officials have emulated, ...

Created on 30 December 2020

48. The Rich-Poor Gulf Widens 5 Years After Adoption of Sustainable Development Goals

(Health & Well Being)

By J Nastranis NEW YORK (IDN) – 2020 will be remembered as a year in which a contagious virus shut down the world, widened the gulf between the rich and the poor, triggered a spike in poverty for the ...

Created on 30 December 2020

49. EEPA Report on the Horn of Africa Situation December 30

(Horn of Africa)

... zone; and Girma Meni, member. Three of the officials were arrested in connection with the massacre in Bekuji Kebele, Bulen Woreda, Metekel zone in which more than 200 civilians were killed. The regional ...

Created on 30 December 2020

50. Peace Prize for Humanitarian Work – Debt Dims Recovery – Better Times for Mental Health Groups

(Africa)

... the Kofi Annan Foundation's Extremely Together initiative, which mobilizes political will to overcome threats to peace, development and human rights. For two years, she was the youngest consultant for the ...

Created on 28 December 2020

51. EEPA Report on the Horn of Africa Situation on December 28

(Horn of Africa)

... 60 civilians were killed by Ethiopian National Defense Forces and Eritrean forces while hiding in a church in a small village called Tashi (ጣሺ), which is approximately 60 km from Mekelle. It is reported ...

Created on 28 December 2020

52. The Culture of Peace: For a Safer, Saner and Sustainable World

(OPINION)

... positive change and transformation.” This reference to positive change and transformation which brings me to the subject of my lecture “The Culture of Peace: For a Safer, Saner and Substantial World”. ...

Created on 28 December 2020

53. EEPA Report on the Horn of Africa Situation on December 27

(Horn of Africa)

... to ALAIN Amharic news which reports that senior military officials have been in closed meetings with the senior officials in the zone. Some officials in the Benishangul Gumuz Region have been arrested ...

Created on 27 December 2020