On 27 January 2026, the Dutch court in Zwolle delivered a significant verdict in the case against a suspect known as Walid, or Tewelde Goitom, convicting him on nearly all charges related to widespread human rights abuses against refugees in Libya. The court, in a comprehensive ruling totaling around 100 pages, sentenced Walid to the […]
Situation Report Special: Cruel Eritrean smuggler Walid gets the maximum sentence of 20 years in prison
Walid hearing verdict (per 27 January 2026) The judges in the Dutch court in Zwolle found the suspect in the ‘Walid’ case guilty of almost all charges and sentenced him to the maximum of 20 years in prison. The full verdict comprises around 100 pages. The judge presented the main points of the verdict during […]
Situation Report Horn of Africa: Alarm at inflammatory rhetoric in South Sudan
Situation in Sudan (per 26 January) Two civilians have been killed by a Rapid Support Forces (RSF) suicide drone strike on the besieged city of Dilling, South Kordofan state, reported The Sudan Doctors Network on Sunday. The network accused the RSF and allied Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N), of ongoing deliberate attacks on unarmed civilians […]
FROM BETHLEHEM – A View of Misthought Israeli History
By Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden | 26 January 2026 (IDN) — Perhaps the biggest single misthink in Western history is best understood by standing in the town square of Bethlehem, allowing one’s gaze to pass over the rooftop of the Church that covers the stable where Jesus was supposedly born, and letting one’s eye drift […]
Africa’s Healers Are Not Primitive—Our Thinking Is
By Kester Kenn Klomegah* MOSCOW | 26 January 2026 (IDN) — A popular health science book titled “Traditional African medicine” represents the latest direction in interdisciplinary studies of African culture. This book, authored by Dr Lyuba Ivanova, Senior Researcher at the Institute of World History, Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow), is primarily a historical study […]
We Owe Putin an Unreserved Apology
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 | 23 January 2026 (IDN) — As US President Donald J. Trump marks his first year in office by expanding his wish list from making Canada the 51st State of […]
India Between Power Blocs
Indo-Europe and BRICS 2026 crucial to New Delhi ‘Multi-Alignment’ By Ramesh Jaura This article was first published on https://rjaura.substack.com BERLIN | 23 January 2026 (WorldView) — For close to eight decades since World War II, world trade has been based, though imperfectly, on the premise that rules matter. This was from the General Agreement on […]
As Myanmar’s Civil War Drives Global Scam Industry, Human Rights May Need Rethink
*By Kalinga Seneviratne BANGKOK. | 23 January 2026 (IDN) —With Myanmar’s three-stage elections hitting the home stretch later this week on Sunday, ending the country’s civil war may need to take center stage in the post-election period. It is fueling a global scam industry that is destabilizing not only the Southeast Asian region, but also […]
Situation Report Horn of Africa: Intensified fighting across South Sudan
Situation in South Sudan (per 22 January) Intensified fighting attacking military posts has been reported across South Sudan in the largest offensives by various coalitions of opposition forces since 2017. The heaviest fighting is occurring in Jonglei state, and Equatoria region, with battles raging in reportedly in all but two states, especially in old hotspots […]
The Turkish Kurds: Erdoğan’s Folly on Full Display
By Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK | 22 January 2026 (IDN) — Nearly a decade after Turkey’s failed coup attempt of July 2016, the country’s political landscape has been transformed beyond recognition. What began as a night of grave uncertainty for the Turkish state has become the long day of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s consolidation of power—an authoritarian restructuring that […]