Viewpoint by Ramesh Thakur * The article was first published in International Politics and Society Journal. on May 20, 2021, by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung’s Brussels office. CANBERRA (IDN | IPS-Joural.EU) — A ‘no first use’ (NFU) policy is an official commitment by a nuclear-armed state that it will not be the first to use nuclear weapons against […]
Palestinian Refugees in a Critical Situation
By J Nastranis NEW YORK | GAZA (IDN) — The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has welcomed the ceasefire agreed in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel on May 21 after more than ten days of rocket fire and airstrike exchanges between the warring parties that have killed more than 250 […]
Rivers Are Crucial for Restoring Biodiversity Worldwide
Viewpoint by Alessandra Korap Munduruku*, Darryl Knudsen** and Irikefe V. Dafe *** This article was produced by Earth | Food | Life, a project of the Independent Media Institute. ITAITUBA, Brazil | OAKLAND, USA | ADDIS ABABA | Ethiopia (IDN) — In October 2021, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will meet in China to […]
Russia’s Trade Growing with Africa
Interview by Kester Kenn Klomegah* In this interview, Alisa Andreevna Prokhorova, Managing Director for International Activities and Interaction with Business Councils, and Group of companies of the Russian Export Center offers in-depth information and statistics about Russia’s trade with Africa. MOSCOW (IDN) — First Russia–Africa Summit held on October 23-24, 2019 in Sochi, Russia, set […]
A Situation Report on the Horn of Africa
Europe External Programme with Africa (EEPA) is a Belgium-based Centre of Expertise with in-depth knowledge, publications, and networks, specialised in issues of peacebuilding, refugee protection, and resilience in the Horn of Africa. Go to https://www.eepa.be/?page_id=4237 for weekly for all situation reports. BRUSSELS (IDN) — Doctors told CNN that Ethiopian soldiers armed with machine guns, sniper […]
DON’T QUOTE ME: Israel, Battling Palestinians, also Targets a Hostile Media
By Thalif Deen* NEW YORK (IDN) — The destruction of a 12-storeyed building in Gaza City on May 15—which was home to several news organizations including the Associated Press (AP) and Al-Jazeera—has triggered a loaded question: was it a deliberate Israeli airstrike to silence the media or was it an avoidable accident? Norman Solomon, Executive […]
From Battlefield to Fighting COVID — Sri Lankan Armed Forces Fight Invincible Terrorism
Viewpoint By Sugeeswara Senadhira COLOMBO (IDN) — Today marks an important landmark in Sri Lankan history. Twelve years ago, when the three-decade-old conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was brought to an end, the members of the Armed Forces were widely respected and honoured for the valiant role they played in defeating […]
Khoi Leaders Consider Amazon’s Planned HQ in South Africa as Desecration of ‘Ancestral Land’
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) — Controversy is dogging the latest project of the world’s largest online retailer, Amazon, as it prepares to set up its African headquarters in Cape Town, South Africa. Amazon would be the anchor tenant of the River Club—a nine-story business and residential complex with a hotel, […]
Netanyahu Has Raised the Stakes Over Jerusalem
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden (IDN) — Poets as diverse as William Blake and Yehuda Amichai have sung the praises of the heavenly Jerusalem, a land without strife or rancour, war or bitterness, envy, acquisitiveness or hatred. Israel, Fatah and Hamas, in the midst of the present chaos and carnage, have the historic opportunity […]
Youth Social Media Campaign Pushes Ghana Govt. to Reform
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) — A silent generation of young Ghanaians seems to have found its voice. Joshua Boye-Doe, among the nation’s active social media users, put it this way: “This is the right time for us to come together as one people to speak and let [government] know that […]