By J C Suresh TORONTO | 24 July 2024 (IDN) — Insecurity and gang-related violence has disentangled entire social fabric of families in the Caribbean Island nation, Haiti. The number of people forced to flee their homes has jumped from 362,000 in early March when violence spiked in the capital Port-au-Prince to over 578,000 in […]
NGOs Call for Breaking the Impasse on Disarmament
By J. Nastranis NEW YORK | 23 July 2024 (IDN) — A joint statement for the Second Preparatory Meeting for the 2026 NPT Review Conference by nearly 50 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) —which focus on arms control negotiations—delivered on July 23 by Daryl G. Kimball of the Arms Control Association, calls for “Breaking the Impasse of […]
A Certified Genocidaire Visits Washington
By James E. Jennings* ATLANTA, Georgia | 23 July 2024 (IDN) — Tomorrow, 24 July, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, under indictment for crimes of fraud in his own country and a certified genocidaire in the eyes of much of the world, will be enthusiastically welcomed to speak to the US Congress and meet President […]
A Worm’s Eye View of the World of India and China
By Sanjaya Baru* Shastri Ramachandaran’s “Beyond Binaries: The World of India and China (2008-2022)”, published by Genuine Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd., 1 January 2024, is a reminder for Indian media organisations to look abroad. This review was pubished by The Wire. NEW DELHI | 22 July 2024 (IDN) — Foreign correspondents have always been […]
Latin America Must Seize Its Window of Opportunity on Transition Minerals
The region has had a stormy relationship with mining, but it has a chance to ensure in-demand minerals bring broader benefits to society, writes Felipe Arango García. By Felipe Arango García* This article was issued by Dialogue Earth under a Creative Commons license. BOGOTÁ, Colombia | 21 July 2024 (IDN) — Latin America has had […]
The Forgotten Trophy of India-Russia Friendship
By Shastri Ramachandaran* This article was issued by The Wire and is being republished with the author’s permission. If there is one single individual icon who epitomises India-Russia cooperation above and beyond politics, diplomacy and transactional ties, it is India’s greatest chess player and five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand. NEW DELHI | 20 July 2024 […]
Samantha Power Should Resign
By James E. Jennings* ATLANTA, Georgia | 20 July 2024 (IDN) — Samantha Power is a moral coward and a disgrace to the US. She should resign as head of USAID. Anyone who has read her famous book on genocide, A Problem From Hell, knows that she is a fierce opponent of genocides past, but […]
America Does Not Appear to be Ready for a Woman as President
By Azu Ishiekwene The writer is the Editor-In-Chief of LEADERSHIP and author of the new book Writing for Media and Monetising It. ABUJA | 19 July 2024 (IDN) — The assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump on July 13 at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania has sucked the oxygen from the debate on President […]
Women and Girls in Haiti Deprived of Basic Safety and Health Services
By Caroline Mwanga NEW YORK | PORT AU PRINCE | 18 July 2024 (IDN) — Ongoing political instability, escalating gang violence, and hurricane season are threatening the Caribbean Island, Haiti. Subsequently, as a recent UN Women report finds, nearly 300,000 internally displaced women and girls are living in makeshift camps lacking basic human necessities. They […]
In Memoriam, Ambassador Sérgio Duarte (1934-2024)
By Ramesh Jaura* BERLIN | 17 July 2024 (IDN) — We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Ambassador Sérgio Duarte, former United Nations High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, President of Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, and a friend and supporter of IDN. I met him first at the 25th UN […]