By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS. 6 August 2023 (IDN) — The United Nations has been a vociferous and longstanding advocate of gender empowerment in its political, social and economic agenda characterized by 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including poverty and hunger eradication, quality education, human rights and climate change. In her 23 July presentation, titled […]
Will ‘Oppenheimer’ Movie Avert Nuclear Holocaust?
By Ramesh Jaura BERLIN. 4 August 2023 (IDN) — The release of Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer sparked a media frenzy just weeks before the first session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in Vienna. It is a biopic about the “father” […]
Niger Coup: US Loses Another ‘Vital African Ally’
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK. 31 July 2023 (IDN) — Located at the crossroads of North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa, Niger is the largest country in West Africa and the 6th largest country in Africa. Yet, it is hardly a familiar name like Nigeria, Ghana or Kenya. That is about to change. […]
Glimpses of an Endgame in Ukraine
By M K Bhadrakumar * NEW DELHI. 27 July 2023 (IDN) — The problem with the war in Ukraine is that it has been all smoke and mirrors. The Russian objectives of “demilitarisation” and “de-Nazification” of Ukraine wore a surreal look. The Western narrative that the war is between Russia and Ukraine, where the central […]
Riding the Heatwave: India’s Sweltering Exposure to Climate Change
By Robert Mizo* This article was issued by the Toda Peace Institute and is being republished with their permission. NEW DELHI. 26 July 2023 (IDN) — The end of June brought monsoon rains to North India as it always does. The rains were a welcome respite from the scorching heat the region reeled under since March. The […]
New Pact with Tunisia Aims to Combat Deadly Sea Migration
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | TUNIS. 24 July 2023 (IDN) — A memorandum of understanding was signed between the European Union and Tunisia to combat irregular migration that has led most recently to the deaths of 29 migrants from impoverished or war-torn countries seeking a better life in Europe. The memorandum […]
Ghanaian Pleads for Help Finding Missing Journalist Brother
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK. 24 July 2023 (IDN) — It’s been over four years since assassins came to his neighborhood, waited for investigative journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale Divela, and then shot him in his car. “We heard the gunshot,” Kamilu Ibrahim Tahidu, Divela’s brother, recalled in a recent interview with the Committee […]
Peace Planners: Awake!
By René Wadlow, President, Association of World Citizens GENEVA. 23 July 2023 (IDN) — The recent NATO Summit in Vilnius is an indication that the war planning community is busy at work in the spirit of Von Clausewitz that war is a continuation of politics by other means. Thus, there is a need for the peace […]
Modern Day Slavery – Even in the US
By Thalif Deen* UNITED NATIONS. 22 July 2023 (IDN) — The United States banned slavery centuries ago—going back to December 1865, along with a 13th amendment to the American constitution. In 2021, the US declared “Juneteenth” —June 19—a federal holiday commemorating Emancipation Day and celebrating black history and black culture and the final days of […]
UN Staffer Among 20 Fellows Advancing Rights of Women & Girls
By Razeena Raheem UNITED NATIONS. 21 July 2023 (IDN) — A senior UN staffer, Shihana Mohamed—who is also a dedicated human rights activist and a strong advocate of gender empowerment—is one of 20 Fellows in the 2023 class of the “Public Voices Fellowship on Advancing the Rights of Women and Girls”. The US-based fellowship is […]