By Kalinga Seneviratne Bangkok | 7 December 2024 (IDN) — Breaking with tradition, Nepal’s recently re-elected Prime Minister Sharma Oli, a Communist politician, visited China from 2 to 5 December in a bid to add new momentum to growing trends in the landlocked Himalayan nation to diversify its connectivity to the outside world via railways […]
The Fuss about Kemi Badenoch
By Azu Ishiekwene The writer is Editor-In-Chief of LEADERSHIP and author of the new book Writing for Media and Monetising It. ABUJA | 28 November 2024 (IDN) — Donald Trump’s election overshadowed Kemi Badenoch’s emergence as the leader of the Tory Party of Britain. Yet, no one gets the worst political job in one of the world’s […]
Report Reveals Harrowing Truth Behind Africa’s Hidden Rape Crisis
By Kizito Makoye DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania | 27 November 2024 (IDN) — A 17-year-old Adebi* recalls how her life changed forever after the war that tore through the walls of her house in Northwest Cameroon in 2019, leaving indelible scars in the way she never imagined. “Some men broke in and raped me and […]
As Micro-credentials Gather Steam Universities Are at A Crossroad
By Kalinga Seneviratne BANGKOK | 26 November 2024 (IDN) — At a conference held here from 20-22 November of mainly Southeast Asian academics and higher education officials, a word uppermost in the minds of speakers and participants was “micro-credentials” a word that is of worry to many who have risen to professor levels over a […]
Behind a Surge in India-Russia Economic Relations
By Rajoli Siddharth Jayaprakash* NEW DELHI | 16 November 2024 (IDN) — In the past decade, the core drivers of India-Russia relations have begun shifting. The traditionally dominant military-technical partnership has declined, with India buying less Russian weapons, technology and military platforms. The economic pillar stagnated as military dealings slowed, with bilateral trade hovering around […]
Haiti: Children Face Unprecedented Crisis Amid Escalating Violence
By Vibhu Mishra NEW YORK | 12 November 2024 (IDN | UN News) — This year has seen a staggering 1,000 per cent or ten-fold surge in sexual violence against children in Haiti, during an unprecedented crisis which has seen armed gangs continue to terrorize communities amid a growing humanitarian disaster. Virginia Gamba, UN Special […]
Will Unrestricted Arms Supplies to Israel Continue Under Trump?
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS |10 November 2024 (IDN) — After US presidential elections on November 5, a question floating around the US and Middle Eastern capitals relates to Gaza, which has been devastated largely by US-supplied weapons, including fighter planes, air-to-ground missiles, battle tanks, armored personnel carriers (APCs) and 2,000-pound unguided bombs. Will the […]
Africa: Unlocking Energy Potentials
By Kester Kenn Klomegah* MOSCOW | 29 October 2024 (IDN) — At the plenary session of the Russian Energy Week international Forum 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin reiterated Russia’s role as a stabilizing force in the global energy market and would continue to be a dependable supplier of energy products to the global market. As […]
Strengthening Multilateralism: BRICS Summit
By Somar Wijayadasa* NEW YORK | 27 October 2024 (IDN) —The Sixteenth BRICS Summit on the theme “Strengthening Multilateralism for Just Global Development and Security” was held in Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan in Russia, from 22 to 24 October 2024, under the Chairmanship of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. The Summit was attended by around […]
A Look Back at 30 Years of US-China Climate Cooperation
By Betty Wang and Tylah Bland* This article was originally published in Dialogue Earth under Creative Commons license. NEW YORK | 26 October 2024 (IDN) — Over the past three decades, the United States and China have brokered several breakthrough climate agreements and policy innovations. From the establishment of the US-China Forum on Environment and […]