BRUSSELS | 22 October 2026 (IDN | EEPA) — The following are the situation reports on the situation in Ethiopia, the migration and refugee situation, the situation in Sudan, the international and regional situation, UK threatens to ban entry to all Eritreans, deadly drone strike on Abyei market, WHO delivers medical supplies to northern Ethiopia […]
Africa Aims to Transform The Continent Inspired By Asia’s Rise
By Kalinga Seneviratne BANGKOK, Thailand | 21 October 2026 (IDN) — The IMF-World Bank annual meeting returned to Bangkok last week (12 to 18 October) after more than three decades, with nervous Thai authorities going to great lengths to stem any disruptions to it by civil society protests. Inside Bangkok’s convention center, World Bank’s […]
Decoding Pro-Israel Buzzwords in a Time of Genocide
By Norman Solomon* SAN FRANCISCO | 20 October 2026 (IDN) — Nearly two years ago, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International released in-depth reports documenting that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza. Months later, Israeli human rights groups did likewise. Support for Israel has declined steeply among Americans, but its defenders continue to maintain a siege […]
Offshore Borders: Inside EU’s Ultimate Migration Strategy
By Francesca Lonardoni BRUSSELS, Belgium | 19 October 2026 (IDN) — Externalising the European Union’s (EU) borders has become a central priority in European migration policy. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s 2026 State of the European Union address to the European Parliament confirmed this trend, which has been developing for years. Referring directly to […]
The Narcissist In Chief
By Alon Ben-Meir* When a president confuses personal loyalty with public duty and self-glorification with leadership, democracy pays the price. Trump’s conduct reveals a disgusting and disturbing pattern: he put the presidency in service of his ego rather than the nation. NEW YORK | 17 October 2026 (IDN) — The damage Trump has inflicted on this […]
Will a Nobel Solve the World’s Trump Problem? The President Thinks So
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 | 16 October 2026 (IDN) — US President Donald Trump doesn’t just think a Nobel will solve the world’s Trump-inflicted problems. He believes it. He has said, quite clearly, that he […]
30 Months After Uproar Over Jonathan Glazer’s Oscar Speech, What Do His Pro-Israel Denouncers Say Now?
By Norman Solomon* SAN FRANCISCO, 15 October 2026 (IDN) — If you understand that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, why read an article focusing on the viewpoints of people who vehemently deny it? I wasn’t sure how to explain why, until I remembered something that screenwriter Frédéric Krivine said when I interviewed him in Paris eight […]
EEPA reports on ENDF controls key towns in northwestern and central Tigray
BRUSSELS | 15 October 2026 (IDN | EEPA) — The following are the situation reports on the situation in Ethiopia, the migration and refugee situation, the situation in Sudan, the regional and international situation, ENDF controls key towns in northwestern and central Tigray, shipwreck off of Djibouti coast, gold refinery launched in Ethiopia Situation in […]
A Cultural Turning Point for American Democracy
What artists and religious leaders reveal about the health and future of democracy By Azza Karam NEW YORK, 12 OCTOBER 2026 (IDN) — A concert can tell us more about a country than an election poll can. It can reveal whose suffering people are prepared to acknowledge, what powerful institutions will permit them to say, […]
Brazil’s Fateful Election
By Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden | 7 October 2026 (IDN) — Since its birth as a nation-state, “Brazil has been a paradise for some, an endless hell for others, and for the rest, a kind of purgatory on earth.” So write two Brazilian historians, Lilla Schwarcz and Heloisa Starling, in their massive volume on Brazil. […]