UN Chief Concerned Over Deepening Existing Inequalities

By António Guterres The following are excerpts from UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at Town Hall with Young Women from Civil Society Organizations on August 31. on the sidelines of the Commission on the Status of Women. NEW YORK (IDN) – The COVID-19 pandemic has in the past six months turned our world upside down. […]

Message to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on Afghanistan

Viewpoint by Saber Azam The writer is a former official of the United Nations and author of the recently released book, “SORAYA: The Other Princess”, a historical fiction that overflies the recent seven decades of Afghan history. GENEVA (IDN) – The US internal serenity is essential to the political and economic stability of the planet. […]

Voters Are the Limit to Democracy

Viewpoint by Roberto Savio* ROME (IDN) – On August 23, a respected Brazilian polling institute found that the country’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, enjoys an approval rating of 51 per cent, the highest since he was elected. Brazil ranks second as the country with the highest number of coronavirus deaths (116,000), according to Wikipedia, after the […]

What Is Mali Telling Africa?

Viewpoint by Azu Ishiekwene The writer is the Managing Director/Editor-In-Chief of The Interview magazine based in Abuja, Nigeria. ABUJA (IDN) – The headlines, especially in the Western press, suggest that Africa is back again in the news for the wrong reasons.  Misery has really never been too far away, but in the last few years, […]

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