This article is transmitted under a new partnership between IDN-InDepthNews and Uni Apro, a Regional Organisation of Services workers in Asia Pacific, part of UNI@uniglobalunion. By Kim Lui SINGAPORE (IDN) — Representatives from international textile retailers have reached a new, 26-month agreement with UNI Global Union and IndustriALL that builds on the progress made by […]
Angola Mine Leak Causing ‘Unprecedented’ Pollution in Congo Rivers
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) — A leak from the world’s fifth biggest diamond mine in northern Angola is causing an “unprecedented environmental catastrophe,” researchers at Kinshasa University are reported to say. The leak threatens some two million people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to Raphael Tshimanga, director of […]
ALCAP’s “Documentaries for Development” at World Forum 4.0
Viewpoint by Niba Mirza* NEW DELHI (IDN) — Documentaries have always been a potent medium to exchange ideas, information and knowledge. They manifest an inherent tendency of the human beings to document reality of their times and communicate with each other. Among others, this year’s World Forum 4.0 shall feature “Documentaries for Development,” a unique […]
New Book Explores How Adversarial Reporting Culture Drives Politicized COVID-19 Coverage
By Krishan Dutta BANGKOK (IDN) — While the COVID-19 pandemic’s relentless cyclone continues across the globe wreaking havoc on economies and social systems, a new book sheds light on the adversarial reporting culture of the media, and how it impacts on racism and politicization driving the coverage. ‘COVID-19, Racism and Politicization: Media in the Midst […]
India Has Lost the First-Mover Advantage in Afghanistan
Viewpoint by Shastri Ramachandaran NEW DELHI (IDN) — In the wake of the US retreat from Afghanistan, as the world’s leading nations engage with the Taliban in Kabul, India appears to have shot itself in the foot and gone into a sulk. When New Delhi does break its sullen silence, it only serves to remind […]
Eurasian Military Alliance of Post-Soviet States Marks 30th Anniversary of Closure of Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site
By Radwan Jakeem NEW YORK | NUR-SULTAN (IDN) — In a joint statement, the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), comprising six member states, has highlighted the role of Kazakhstan’s First President Nursultan Nazarbayev, whose decree shut down the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site on August 29, 1991. The statement was published by the press service of […]
Would “Reformed” Taliban Respect Other Religions, Cultural Heritage and Non-Believers?
Viewpoint by Sugeeswara Senadhira COLOMBO (IDN) — The Taliban’s fanatical yearning to attack everything opposed to what they mistakenly believe as Islam was displayed in two acts of destruction in the year 2001. The return of Taliban as rulers of Afghanistan raise question whether the remaining remnants of a Buddhist civilization in the region would […]
The Story of US-Led Collusion in Razing Afghanistan to the Ground
Viewpoint by John Pilger This article was produced by Globetrotter. John Pilger is an award-winning Australian journalist, filmmaker, and author. Read his full biography on his website here, and follow him on Twitter: @JohnPilger. Source: Globetrotter SYDNEY (IDN) — As a tsunami of crocodile tears engulfs Western politicians, history is suppressed. More than a generation […]
Friends Of Moroccan ‘Gnawa’ Music Rally to Save Cultural Icon
By Lisa Vives, Global Information News NEW YORK (IDN) — Rooted in healing rituals and Sufism, the hypnotic sounds of Gnawa music have attracted artists and musicians of all stripes—from Jazz Age poet Claude McKay to Archie Shepp, Ornette Coleman and the legendary Randy Weston. Dar Gnawa—or Gnawa House—is a one-of-a kind three-story Moorish-style building […]
Genocide Trial Looms for Former Sudanese Leader and Aides Over Darfur Conflict
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) — The architects of crimes against humanity and genocide in the Sudanese region of Darfur may finally appear before the International Criminal Court, at least a decade after the atrocities occurred. Ex-president Omar al-Bashir is among the group wanted by the court in The Hague since […]