By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) — On its web page titled U.S. Relations with Sierra Leone, the State Department gushes with warmth and affection for the African country—once called the ‘Province of Freedom’—which remains among the world’s poorest countries, ranked 180th out of 187 countries in the United Nations’ Human Development […]
Renewed Violence in Darfur Leaves Behind an Unstable Sudan
Viewpoint by Rene Wadlow, President, Association of World Citizens GENEVA (IDN) — 24 April 2022 saw renewed violence in the Darfur Provence of Sudan between Arab militias and the indigenous tribes of the area, the Masalit and the Fur. The violence began in 2003 and has caused some 300,000 deaths and some three million displaced. […]
Global Leaders Call for Urgent Action to Stem the Loss of Lives and Livelihoods
By Devendra Kamarajan ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire (IDN) — Government leaders meeting at the United Nations global conference on land have called on the international community to take urgent action to stem the loss of life and livelihoods that communities all over the world are experiencing due to the increasing and devastating impacts of desertification, land […]
ALCAP to hold Dialogues for Development “COVID-19 Memories & Memorials with Lutyens” at ESIC-Hyderabad
By Niba Mirza * HYDERABAD, India (IDN) — As of May 6, 2022, there have been 513,955,910 confirmed cases of COVID-19 globally, including 6,249,700 deaths, reported to WHO. Though WHO also claims that the world’s true COVID-19 pandemic death toll is nearly 15 million. And as of May 4, 2022, a total of 11,562,157,794 vaccine […]
Ukraine and Africa: Food Crisis, Energy Ambiguity and An Uncertain Political Outcome
This article was issued by The Institute for International Political Studies – ISPI. Viewpoint by Lucia Ragazzi MILAN (IDN) — Since the war in Ukraine broke out in Europe, its consequences and side effects have been reverberating across African countries. Rising food and energy prices, supply disruptions, and inflationary pressures have created additional challenges on […]
Africa’s Plundered Artifacts Are Coming Home, Though Gradually
This article was issued by World Politics Review (WPR) and is being re-published with their permission. By Ayodeji Rotinwa COTONOU, Benin (IDN) — During a February press conference announcing a new exhibition of newly repatriated treasures, Jean-Michel Abimbola, Benin’s minister of culture, was asked by a British journalist to address the common claim that European […]
Australia’s Looming ‘Independent Day’
By Kalinga Seneviratne SYDNEY (IDN) — On May 21 when Australians go to the polls to elect a new government, the vast continent which was stolen from the indigenous people in 1788 and annexed to the British crown may have its ‘independent day’—not one that would declare itself a republic, but a day when ‘independent’ […]
UK Premier Reportedly Pressured Ukrainian President to Quit Peace Talks with Russia
This article was issued by Common Dreams. It is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0). Feel free to republish and share widely. By Jake Johnson PORTLAND, Maine, USA (IDN) — The Ukrainian news outlet Ukrayinska Pravda reported May 5 that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson used his surprise visit to Kyiv last month to […]
Russia Is Financially Prepared for Longer War—Even in Case of An Oil Embargo
Viewpoint by Prof. Dr Rolf J. Langhammer Prof. Langhammer is a trade expert at Kiel Institute for World Economy (ifw). The following comment on the resilience of the Russian economy against the background of the discussion about an oil embargo was issued by the Kiel Institute Media Information. BERLIN | KIEL (IDN) — Hopes that […]
Double Standards
This article was issued by the Toda Peace Institute and is being republished with their permission. Viewpoint by Herbert Wulf BONN (IDN) — At present, historical analogies are very often used to explain reasons for or against the causes of the war in Ukraine or to describe the horrors of this war with historical arguments. […]