BRUSSELS | 3 JUNE (IDN | EEPA) — The following are the situation reports on Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, South Sudan and the EU’s pact on Migration and Asylum. Situation in Ethiopia (per 4 June) Voting in some parts of Ethiopia was extended up to midnight on 1 June due to long queues, while security incidents […]
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 […]
How cowpea is securing resilience and nutrition for farmers in Africa
By Busani Bafana BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe | 16 March 2026 (IDN) — In villages in Kano State in Northern Nigeria, farmers do not fear the drought. When their maize crop fails, as it does often, cowpea flourishes. They harvest enough of the bean to feed their families with extra to sell and pay school fees for […]
Asian Expertise Is Now Driving The SDGs In The Region
By Kalinga Seneviratne BANGKOK, Thailand | 16 March 2026 (IDN) — The US President Donald Trump may like to believe that it is the US with its powerful military that is driving the global order, but, the recently concluded 13th Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) reflected the newly evolving global order is driven […]
Situation Report Horn of Africa: Tensions at the Chad-Sudan border
Situation in Sudan (per 23 February) The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) claimed to have captured the city of Al-Tina near the Chad border this Saturday in a message posted on social media accompanied by video footage showing armed men celebrating. However, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and allied Joint Force state they quickly recaptured the […]
Escape, extradition and trial: the case of human trafficker Kidane
The Dutch trial against Kidane Zekarias Habtemariam, an alleged notorious Eritrean human trafficker, will commence on 31 March. Kidane will face charges of various severe human rights abuses, including the rape, torture, murder and ransoming of refugees in closed compounds in Libya. The Walid case: an important precedent Kidane’s trial follows the recent Walid judgement, […]
FIJI: As Sugar Industry Declines, Vanua Levu Is poised for Ecotourism-led Transformation
By Riya Bhagawan* MACUATA, Fiji | 23 February 2026 (IDN/Wansolwara) — Long seen as a quiet, small, and tranquil town nestled among lush mountains with a simple, peaceful lifestyle, Macuata is now rapidly evolving and positioning itself as a centre of attraction in Fiji’s second largest island of Vanua Levu with a population of 160,000. […]
Floods and Mudslides Prompt Sri Lanka To Move Communities From Mountain Slopes
By Benuka Senadheera* WELIMADA, Sri Lanka | 20 February 2026 (IDN) — Sri Lanka, it seemed, was well on the way to recovering from the economic crash of 2022, when Cyclone Ditwah hit the island at the end of November last year, resulting in devastating floods in all 25 districts of the country. The floods washed […]
Why World War II Analogies Are Reappearing in Debates Over ICE on America’s Streets
By Piet Gotlieb* This article was originally published on https://phdforsociety.com/world-war-ii-analogies-ice/ TILBURG, The Netherlands | 20 January 2026 (IDN) — On January 7, 2026, Renée Good was shot and killed by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The killing of the 37-year-old mother and author tugs at the heartstrings of the American and global […]
2025 Exposed A Myth: The ‘American Dream’ Is A Debt Trap
By Kalinga Seneviratne* BANGKOK, Thailand | 5 January 2026 (IDN) — The US President Donald Trump’s Tariff War on the rest of the world in 2025 should go down in history as the year when the ‘American Dream” unraveled as a Debt Trap. In 2008, the so-called subprime lending crisis gave a hint of it, […]