By Alon Ben-Meir* NEW YORK | 4 September 2026 (IDN) — Comparative conflict analysis reveals clear conditions under which weaker actors concede. The Palestinian case meets none of them, underscoring Israel’s strategic futility in expecting capitulation in the absence of a political settlement. The asymmetry of power between states and non-state actors—or between dominant governments […]
25 Years Ago, 9/11 Triggered a U.S. Crusade of Torture
By Norman Solomon* SAN FRRANCISCO | 3 September 2026 (IDN) — A quarter-century has passed since the terrorist attack that killed almost 3,000 people in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001. During the first seven years after that mass atrocity, Pentagon spending doubled. The aftermath of 9/11 was also a huge boost for “the […]
LDC Watch Expresses Solidarity with the People of Nepal
By LDC Watch BRUSSELS | 3 September 2026 (IDN) — LDC Watch is shocked and deeply saddened by the devastating flash flood that struck Nepal’s Rasuwa district and the Bhotekoshi–Trishuli river corridor on 26 August 2026. The loss of hundreds of lives, the displacement of communities and the thousands of people still unaccounted for are devastating. […]
EEPA reports on Heavy fighting erupts in Baidoa, Somalia
BRUSSELS | 3 September 2026 (IDN | EEPA) — The following are the situation reports on Sudan, Ethiopia, EU countries push for “return hubs”, Heavy fighting erupts in Baidoa, Somalia, Drone strikes two WFP trucks in South Kordofan. Migration and refugee situation (per 3 September) Ministers of Denmark, Austria, The Netherlands, Germany and Greece are […]
EEPA reports on ENDF base in Asosa expands military activity
BRUSSELS | 31 August 2026 (IDN | EEPA) — The following are the situation reports on Sudan, Ethiopia, Night-time curfew lifted in Khartoum, ENDF base in Asosa expands military activity, 2 peacekeepers killed in South Sudan. Situation in Sudan (per 31 August) The night-time curfew and state of emergency in Khartoum has been lifted after […]
A Nuclear Bomb Took My Arms Before I Was Born. We Must Not Let It Take Our Future
By Karipbek Kuyukov* ASTANA | 28 August 2026 (IDN) — I paint with a brush held between my teeth or my toes. I was born without arms in 1968 about 100 kilometres from the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site in eastern Kazakhstan. My parents’ generation watched mushroom clouds rise over the steppe without being told what […]
From organising my data to exploring Humanitarian Data Spaces: My FAIR engineering journey with VODAN Africa
By Daniel Tesfa ADDIS ABEBA, Ethiopia | 28 August 2026 (IDN) — I come from the social sciences. My research focuses particularly on patterns of human trafficking and the post-war refugee crisis in the Horn of Africa. When I first joined the VODAN Africa FAIR Engineering journey, my ambition was relatively simple: I wanted to […]
Frontline Pacific: Greening The Earth May Pollute The Oceans
By Kalinga Seneviratne * SYDNEY, Australia | 24 August 2026 (IDN) — In the past year there has been a scramble by the big powers to secure the continuing supply of “rare mineral” that are used in batteries driving electric cars and wind power turbines. There is a looming catastrophe awaiting the Pacific Ocean if […]
EEPA reports on Ethiopia’s national dialogue concludes talks
BRUSSELS | 24 August 2026 (IDN | EEPA) — The following are the situation reports on Sudan, Ethiopia, Flash floods in Sudan, Ethiopia’s national dialogue concludes talks and Sharp rise of child-malnutrition in Somalia. Situation in Sudan (per 24 August) Forces allied with Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) claimed to have defeated a Rapid Support Forces […]
Beyond the battlefield: Women and girls facing sexual violence in post-Pretoria Tigray, Ethiopia
By Filmon Gebremikael, Daniel Tesfa and Shim Masha ANTWERPEN | Belgium | 22 August 2026 (IDN) — Semhal Hadush was a civil servant in a municipal office in the Central Zone of Tigray. She was forcibly conscripted by the Tigray Defense Force (TDF) from her workplace and taken to the Werie military training center in […]