BRUSSELS | 24 September 2026 (IDN | EEPA) — The following are the situation reports on the situation in Tigray and Ethiopia, the migration and refugee situation, the regional and international situation, renewed fighting in Ethiopia opens 3 new fronts, statement condemns US for lifting sanctions on Eritrea, US denies visa to Al-Burhan Situation in […]
Rethinking Digital Public Infrastructure for the Age of Emerging Technologies
By Leonora Smart-Abbey* SUVA, Fiji | 23 September 2026 (IDN) — Digital identity, digital payments and data exchange have become powerful reference points for thinking about what digital public infrastructure (DPI) can enable. They have supported financial inclusion, improved access to services, enabled new forms of digital participation and demonstrated how common digital foundations can […]
EEPA reports on seven Ethiopian armed groups form alliance
BRUSSELS | 21 September 2026 (IDN | EEPA) — The following are the situation reports on the situation in Ethiopia, the situation in Sudan, the international and regional situation, seven Ethiopian armed groups form alliance, Numerous drone attacks target Tigray, US lifts sanctions against Eritrea. Situation in Ethiopia (per 21 September) Seven Ethiopian armed groups […]
Embodied Freedom and Mutual Recognition: A Fichtean Foundation for Healthcare Ethics
By Sam Ben-Meir* NEW YORK | 17 September 2026 (IDN) — Beauchamp and Childress’ principlist framework has shaped biomedical ethics for more than four decades, providing clinicians and policymakers with a vocabulary centered on autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice. Its influence is undeniable: the four principles have become the default language of ethics committees, medical […]
EEPA reports on protest urges EU to protect Eritreans in Libya
BRUSSELS | 17 September 2026 (IDN | EEPA) — The following are the situation reports on the migration and refugee situation, the situation in Ethiopia, the situation in Sudan, the international and regional situation, protest urges EU to protect Eritreans in Libya, Ethiopia to relocate Tigray students to other universities, Sudan gold mine collapse. Migration […]
The Significance of The Enemy States Clause for Germany
By Michael von der Schulenburg BRUSSELS | 16 September 2026 (IDN) — When the Allies of the Second World War drafted the United Nations Charter, they sought to establish a global system of collective security. Its aim was to “save succeeding generations from the scourge of war”. With the adoption of the UN Charter, all […]
EEPA reports on RSF advances in Blue Nile state
BRUSSELS | 14 September 2026 (IDN | EEPA) — The following are the situation reports on Ethiopia, Sudan, the international and regional situation, 300 Amharic political prisoners released, RSF advances in Blue Nile state, Houthi militia take control of Bab el-Mandeb strait Situation in Ethiopia (per 14 September) The head of the Tigray’s People […]
Real History: After 9/11, the “War on Terror” Was a War of Terror
By Norman Solomon* SAN FRANCISCO | 11 September 2026 (IDN) — Three days after terrorists killed almost 3,000 people in the United States on September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush stood behind a pulpit at the Washington National Cathedral and spoke to a nation in shock. “Our responsibility to history is already clear,” he proclaimed, […]
Israel’s Apartheid policy is jeopardising Christian schools in Jerusalem
Christian schools in Jerusalem remained closed on 1 September because more than 70 teachers from the West Bank had been denied entry. But what surprised Benoit Lannoo, an Antwerp based expert on Eastern Christians, most of all was that there was no reaction whatsoever from European, Western institutions or from any EU Member State, neither […]
25 Years of War Was the Wrong Response to 9/11
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S.Davies* NEW YORK | 9 September 2026 (IDN) — The lesson of 9/11 should be that war is not the answer to any of the problems facing the United States. After inflicting violence and chaos on country after country for twenty-five years in a “global war on terror” that […]