Leadership, Legitimacy and the Future of Multilateralism By Ramesh Jaura This article was first published on https://rjaura.substack.com/ BERLIN | 27 July 2026 (IDN) — The election of the next United Nations Secretary-General is about far more than choosing the Organisation’s ninth leader. It will test whether the international community still believes dialogue, cooperation and shared […]
EEPA reports on Drone attack on monastery in Amhara
BRUSSELS | 27 July 2026 (IDN | EEPA) — The following are the situation reports on Sudan, Ethiopia, SAF regains control over major highway, Senior Somali minister reported to be denied entry to Kenya and Drone attack on monastery in Amhara. Situation in Sudan (per 27 July) Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and allied groups have […]
Trump’s Authoritarian Play Against Foreign Journalists
By Alon Ben-Meir* For nearly a century, foreign correspondents have come to the United States precisely because this country prided itself on welcoming scrutiny. Now, the Trump administration proposes to turn that legacy on its head—by transforming visas for international journalists into instruments of control. NEW YORK | 26 July 2026 (IDN) — Under a […]
Collapse After a Landslide: Starmer’s Fall May Not Be the Last
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 | 25 July 2026 (IDN) — It was painful to watch him outside No.10 on Monday, 20 July. Despite his immaculate suit and well-groomed hair, British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer […]
EEPA Reports on TPLF Public Mobilization in Tigray
BRUSSELS | 23 July 2026 (IDN | EEPA) — The following are the situation reports on Sudan, Ethiopia, Military movements around Asosa, 17 suspects of human trafficking arrested in Ethiopia and TPLF public mobilization in Tigray. Situation in Sudan (per 23 July) The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) accused the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) of using […]
War-War and Jaw-Jaw
By Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden | 22 July 2026 (IDN) –Donald Trump will find out the hard way in Iran that, as Winston Churchill famously observed, “Jaw-Jaw is better than War-War.” If war can be avoided through a warm, lengthy, private conversation—without advisers, accompanied by generous gestures and promises of international recognition when his opponent, […]
Recognition, Right, and the Stateless: A Fichtean Critique of the Plight of the Rohingya
By Sam Ben-Meir* NEW YORK | 21 July 2026 (IDN) — In a world that proclaims human rights as universal, what does it mean that entire peoples are rendered legally nonexistent—human beings for whom, as Hannah Arendt put it, “no law exists”? This essay turns to Johann Gottlieb Fichte’s philosophy of recognition to argue that the […]
EEPA reports on Sudanese government to sue the UAE and RSF
BRUSSELS | 20 July 2026 (IDN | EEPA) — The following are the situation reports on Sudan, Ethiopia, Food and water shortages in El Obeid and UK and US announce new sanctions on Sudan. International and regional situation (per 20 July) The Sudanese government has revealed that it has conclusive evidence of the involvement of […]
The New UN Resident Coordinator System Still Needs to Prove Itself
A Rushed Restructuring May Make Things Worse By Mohammed Chiraz Baly The writer is a staff representative and former General Secretary of the CCISUA staff union federation. He is also a data analyst at UNCTAD focusing on investment financing in developing countries. GENEVA, Switzerland | 20 July 2026 (IDN) — Resident coordinators represent the UN […]
Politicians Should Stop Hiding Behind the “Two-State Solution” Fantasy
By Norman Solomon* SAN FRANCISCO | 18 July 2026 (IDN) — Creation of a Palestinian state next to Israel seemed feasible when President Bill Clinton hosted the signing of the Oslo Accords at the White House in September 1993. The goal was reaffirmed in 2011 when 90 per cent of the Senate co-sponsored a resolution […]