Viewpoint by Rene Wadlow The writer is President of the Association of World Citizens and its Representative to the United Nations, Geneva. GENEVA (IDN) – The social, economic, and political situation in Venezuela grows more tense and complex by the day. On January 27, Pope Francis speaking from Panama said. “Faced with the grave situation it […]
‘Mexodus’: American Retirees Moving To Mexico The New NORM
By Bill Dahl* The following is an excerpt from investigative journalist Bill Dahl’s new book, Lake Chapala – Beneath The Surface – Considerations for Retiring in Mexico. It is available in paperback and e-book editions on Amazon. Copyright @ 2019. – The Editor REDMOND, Oregon, USA (IDN) – Needless to say, the social and political […]
Mayors, Legislators Push For A Nuclear Weapons Free World
By Jamshed Baruah BASEL (IDN) – Preserve the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty! Prevent a new nuclear arms race in Europe! Undertake measures to reduce the risk of a nuclear conflict! Support global nuclear disarmament! This is the crux of an impassioned appeal by mayors, parliamentarians, policy experts and civil society representatives from forty […]
Perils Of A Journey From Eritrea Through Libya To Europe
Migrants’ Search For Greener Pastures Carry Deadly Consequences By Franck Kuwonu and Louise Donavan This article first appeared on Africa Renewal, December 2018-March 2019 issue. NEW YORK | NIAMEY (IDN-INPS) – Alone in Niger, the young man sits, filled with regrets. “I didn’t necessarily want to come this far,” he says with anguish. “Khartoum may have […]
Trump’s Missile Defence Buildup Plans Are Dangerous
Viewpoint by Kingston A. Reif The writer is director for disarmament and threat reduction policy at Arms Control Association (ACA). He casts a close look at the ‘2019 Missile Defense Review’. This article appeared as an Issue Brief on ACA website on January 17, 2019. WASHINGTON, DC (IDN-INPS) – The Trump administration’s long-awaited ‘Missile Defense […]
Time Is Running Out For Sensible Decision-Making On Missile Defences
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN-INPS) – The number of nuclear weapons possessed by the U.S. and Russia is a fraction of what it was during the height of the Cold War. Successive presidents on both sides, since the time of John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev, have feared their destructive power. The supposed […]
Suspension Of Top Judge Casts A Dark Shadow Over Forthcoming Elections In Nigeria
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | LAGOS (IDN) – Efforts to clean up government – difficult in the best of times – were hamstrung by none other than Nigeria’s top judge accused of failing to declare hundreds of thousands of dollars that ‘suspiciously’ appear in his accounts but were never declared as […]
The African Music Community Mourns Tuku’s Death
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | HARARE (IDN) – After 67 albums and a score of awards and honorary degrees, Zimbabwe’s musical legend Oliver Mtudkudzi – affectionately known as ‘Tuku’ – lost his long battle with diabetes at the Avenues Clinic in Harare. He was 66. He was buried January 27, with […]
Progress In Retrieving Lands Improves Rural Livelihoods
By Rita Joshi BONN | GEORGETOWN (IDN) – Significant progress is under way in repairing degraded lands and managing droughts more effectively, according to reports released for review by an inter-governmental meeting in Georgetown, Guyana. An assessment of land degradation in 127 countries revealed that close to 20 percent of healthy land was degraded between […]
Nuclear Weapons Abolition, Sustainable Development: Buddhist Leader Urges Increased Role For Youth
By Ramesh Jaura BERLIN | TOKYO (IDN) – The need to accelerate progress toward the abolition of nuclear weapons, encourage youth engagement with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and expand the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) network of universities has been highlighted in a wide-ranging proposal by Dr. Daisaku Ikeda, president of the Soka Gakkai […]