Viewpoint by Natalia Kanem Following are extensive extracts from the Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the High-level Meeting on “Accelerating global action for the fulfilment of rights for Afro-descendant people in Latin America and the Caribbean”, San José, Costa Rica, in October 2019. NEW YORK (IDN-INPS) – Leave no one behind […]
Russia and Africa Resolved on Concrete Actions in Trade and Investment
By Kester Kenn Klomegah MOSCOW (IDN) – After the first Russia-Africa Summit in the Black Sea city Sochi on October 23-24, Russia and Africa have resolved to move from mere intentions to concrete actions in raising the current bilateral trade and investment to appreciably higher levels in the coming years. As a first step, Russia […]
New START Vital to Halt Unconstrained Nuclear Arms Race
Viewpoint by Daryl G. Kimball The writer is Executive Director of the Arms Control Association. The following is the text of his article published in Arms Control Today. WASHINGTON, DC (IDN | Arms Control Association) – Since 2017, the Trump administration has sought to expand the role and capability of the U.S. nuclear arsenal while […]
How the US Regime ‘Justifies’ the ‘Theft’ of Syria’s Oil
Viewpoint by Eric Zuesse * NEW YORK (IDN-INPS) – On October 26, the New York Times headlined “Keep the Oil’: Trump Revives Charged Slogan for New Syria Troop Mission” and opened by saying that “in recent days, Mr. Trump has settled on Syria’s oil reserves as a new rationale for appearing to reverse course and […]
A Glimpse of Russian Policy of Writing Off African Debts
By Kester Kenn Klomegah MOSCOW (IDN) – President Vladimir Putin hosted the first Russia-Africa summit on October 23-24 in the greatest display of Moscow’s efforts to restore its geopolitical foothold on the continent after the historical collapse of the Soviet era. Russia had played rather a crucial role in the continent during the Soviet era, […]
Growing Anxiety About the Crucial 2020 NPT Review Conference
By Santo D. Banerjee NEW YORK (IDN) – The survivors of atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Mayors of the two Japanese cities whose inhabitants have experienced first-hand the mind boggling cruelty of nuclear weapons, representatives of other civil society organizations as well as the United Nations are increasingly concerned about the fate of […]
Putin and El-Sissy Greet the Outcome of Russia-Africa Summit
By Kester Kenn Klomegah MOSCOW (IDN) – The first Russia-Africa Summit that brought together African leaders, corporate businesses, academics and other experts in the Black Sea city of Sochi on October 23-24 has agreed an action plan. At the initiative of African participants, a new dialogue mechanism – the Russia-Africa partnership forum – has been […]
Russia and Africa Move Towards Filling the Information Gap
By Kester Kenn Klomegah MOSCOW, (IDN) – Russian and African communication experts have moved closer to forging collaboration in bridging the information gap between the two regions as well as fight against “anti-Russian propaganda” by western and European media in Africa. Some of the popular questions the panelists tried answering during the two-hour long deliberations […]
Africa Is Back as a Priority for Russia
By Kester Kenn Klomegah MOSCOW (IDN) – Russia is now the new foreign player in Africa. Russia’s renewed interest in and ‘final great return’ to Africa is primarily due to the desire to restore its previous influence, to halt economic exploitation and western dominance, and to build allies as it experiences growing criticism by Western […]
IAEA LEU Bank in Kazakhstan Becomes Operational
By Reinhardt Jacobsen VIENNA (IDN) – The new low enriched uranium (LEU) Bank is operational now, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is operational now. The LEU Bank will provide countries investing in nuclear power an assured supply of fuel to use for peaceful purposes without incurring the significant costs of building their […]