Viewpoint by Wada Masako Ms Wada Masako is Assistant Secretary-General of the Japan Confederation of A-and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations (Nihon Hidankyo). Following are extensive extracts from the text of her presentation at the UN General Assembly on August 5 as part of the 2022 NPT Review Conference. NEW YORK (IDN) — I was a one- […]
China’s Efforts to Reel in Overfishing
By Hongzhou Zhang and Genevieve Donnellon-May* This article was first issued by East Asia Forum. SINGAPORE | OXFORD (IDN) — Global fish stocks are facing a crisis, with nearly all classified as either fully exploited, overexploited or significantly depleted. China is the largest contributor to this problem as a world leader in both fishery exports […]
The Politics of Misfortune in Sri Lanka
By Neville de Silva* LONDON, (IDN) — Never in Sri Lanka’s 74-year post-independence history has a democratically elected leader been forced to flee the country, running away from the economic shambles and social disarray he was largely responsible for creating. Gotabaya Rajapaksa with 6.9 million votes under his belt was elected president at the butt […]
A Film Explores Fulani-Hausa Conflict in Nigeria’s Zamfara State
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) — In a deeply disturbing new documentary, Nigerian journalist Yusuf Anka presents a devastating portrait of his country’s worst security crisis. In the north-western state of Zamfara, heavily armed bandit gangs raid villages, attack drivers, abduct children and kill anyone who resists. As seen through this […]
Asians Recall Expulsion from Uganda 50 Years Ago
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | LEICESTER (IDN) — It remains a bitter memory for Asians, some life-long and others more recent residents of Uganda, of their sudden, unexpected expulsion from the African country they called home 50 years ago this month. They had just 90 days to pack up and leave, […]
Evidence of How British Dirty Tricks Smeared Kenya’s First Vice-President
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) — As election fever was cresting in the East African nation of Kenya, declassified documents were published exposing the spread of fake news by the UK’s propaganda arm against the country’s first vice president, Oginga Odinga (October 1911-20 January 1994), for his leftist views. Provisional results […]
New Jersey Senator Seeks Review of Aid to Rwanda For Rights Abuses in DR Congo
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) — The Rwandan government’s human rights record is under a harsh spotlight over its role in the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Sen. Robert Menendez, chair of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he would place a hold on U.S. security assistance to […]
The Poor Can be Saved from the Coming Depression
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN) — The gathering economic crisis, which the financial papers are sombrely predicting, has too many of the makings of turning into a World Depression and must be a time for mental stock-taking. If we wind back the clock just a few years to the beginning of the century […]
A Briefing on Carbon Capture Technology and Sustainable Energy Transition
By Razeena Raheem UNITED NATIONS (IDN) — The Group of 77 and China, the largest single coalition of developing nations, hosted an Ambassadorial-level briefing on carbon capture technology at the United Nations. The briefing, which took place August 1, was titled “Carbon Capture Utilization & Storage—Technology Essential for an Equitable Energy Path Forward.” Addressing the […]
The Irrevocable End of Russia-US Relations
Moscow says NYET to Washington’s “Rules-based Order” By Somar Wijayadasa* “After the present crisis in Ukraine, there can be no return to attempts at a rapprochement with the US and its allies”. – Alexey Drobinin NEW YORK (IDN) — Alexey Drobinin, Director of policy planning of Russia’s Foreign Ministry, has published a keynote article on […]