By Kester Kenn Klomegah* MOSCOW (IDN) — Russian and foreign media have stepped up reports about rising Covid-19 infections. The reports also indicate high deaths in the country. Some new trends are noticeable. Interestingly, Tourism and Travel agencies have revealed that vaccine uptake has lagged in Russia and worse, due largely to mistrust, so many […]
Women’s Empowerment and Yoga in Rural Morocco and in Your Life
Viewpoint by Catrin Waters The writer is a student at University of Virginia in the U.S. and a volunteer with the High Atlas Foundation, a U.S./Moroccan non-profit organization focused on sustainable development. VIRGINIA, USA (IDN) — Before you read this, I challenge you to pause and ask your body the question: how do you like […]
What Mark Zuckerberg’s Trial Says About Us
Viewpoint by Azu Ishiekwene The writer is the Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of LEADERSHIP newspaper based in Abuja, Nigeria. ABUJA (IDN) — The founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, is having a torrid time. One by one, his worst fears are coming true. According to Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang, authors of An Ugly Truth, a scathing tell-all […]
Why Does Congress Fight Over Childcare but Not F-35s?
Viewpoint by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies* NEW YORK (IDN) — President Biden and the Democratic Congress are facing a crisis as the popular domestic agenda they ran on in the 2020 election is held hostage by two corporate Democratic Senators, fossil-fuel consigliere Joe Manchin and payday-lender favorite Kyrsten Sinema. But the very […]
Joe Biden Acclaimed for Transparency on Nuclear Arsenal
Viewpoint by Daryl G. Kimball The following statement by Daryl G. Kimball, Executive Director of The Arms Control Association, was issued on October 6, 2021. WASHINGTON, DC (IDN) — The Biden administration’s decision to declassify updated information on the number of nuclear warheads in the U.S. nuclear weapons arsenal is a welcome step that reverses […]
COVID-19 & the Global South: From Crisis Response to Sustainable Development
By Rachel Gisselquist Rachel M. Gisselquist, a political scientist, is a Senior Research Fellow with the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) and a member of the institute’s senior management team. She works on the politics of developing countries, with particular attention to inequality, ethnic politics, state building and governance and […]
Kazakhstan Has A Vested Interest In Afghanistan’s Stability
By Akhas Tazhutov The writer is a political analyst. This article first appeared in Eurasia Review on October 1, 2021. ALMATY (IDN) — What should be taken into account when analyzing the Kazakh government’s attitude and policies toward Afghanistan? According to Kazakh media reports, Kazakhstan’s ambassador to Kabul, Alimkhan Esengeldiev, met with the acting foreign […]
Despite Brexit Europe Will Continue to Come Together
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN) — The lorries have no drivers. The supermarket shelves are emptying. The poor are having their subsidies cut. The British government ties itself in knots trying to square what is a circle in Northern Ireland. Brexit—the leaving of the EU—is failing the nation. But Europe itself is not […]
Rwandan Leader Included in ‘Predators Gallery’
By Lisa Vives Global Information Network New YORK (IDN) — In the years he’s been president, Rwandan President Paul Kagame has never learned to love free speech on the internet. Long before the trial of prominent YouTube commentator and genocide survivor, Yvonne Idamange, the President issued a dire warning: “Those that you hear speak on […]
Congolese Leader Condemns World Health Group’s Sexual Abuse of Local Women
By Lisa Vives Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) — Facing a devastating report by the World Health Organization (WHO) acknowledging sexual exploitation of Congolese women by WHO and local staff, Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi has called for a “frank” judicial collaboration between national and international authorities on the matter.