By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, 7 June 2023 (IDN) — The death toll from military conflicts worldwide is frighteningly high—over 237,000 battle-related deaths in 2022 alone, mostly from the wars in Ukraine and Ethiopia. The war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region accounted for over 100,000 battle-related deaths in 2022, even more than Russia’s invasion of Ukraine […]
Investigative Journalist’s Murder in Lesotho Blasted
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK, 22 May 2023 (IDN) — Rarely does an attack on a journalist get worldwide attention, provoke alarm and outrage from the news writing community who cite threats to freedom of expression in a young and fledgling democracy nestled in the tip of South Africa. But this time, […]
Bhutan’s Unique Buddhist Culture Has Tourism Potential
By Kalinga Seneviratne This Lotus News Feature, produced in association with the Buddhist Channel, is the 53rd in a series of joint productions with IDN-InDepthNews, the flagship agency of the Non-profit International Press Syndicate. Click here for previous reports. SINGAPORE | THIMPHU, 11 May 2023 (IDN/LCN) — A recent visit by a group of Vietnamese […]
Threats to Press Freedom Grow in Eastern and Southern Africa
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK, 8 May 2023 (IDN) — With a blindfold, a sword in one hand and scales in another, Lady Justice is one of the most recognized legal symbols around the world. Today, however, questionable actions cloud this moral force—from the Supreme Court of the U.S. to the Supreme […]
Modi and Dalai Lama Helm Global Buddhist Summit Promoting Peace
By Lim Kooi Fong This article is the 52nd in a series of joint productions of Lotus News Features and IDN-InDepthNews, the flagship agency of the Non-profit International Press Syndicate. Click here for previous reports. NEW DELHI, 23 April 2023 (IDN | Buddhist Channel | Buddhistdoor) — A major Buddhist gathering in the Indian capital […]
Pacific Island Nations Embark on Addressing Human Trafficking
By Kalinga Seneviratne SUVA, Fiji, 22 April 2023 (IDN) — Since opening borders after the COVID-19 pandemic, Australia and New Zealand have been aggressively sourcing for Pacific Islander workers to help fill a severe labour shortage in their countries. In the meantime, with investments from Asia, especially China and Korea, increasing in the region, Asian […]
Thailand: Pensions and Farmers’ Subsidies Top Election Agenda
By Pattama Vilailert BANGKOK, 20 April 2023 (IDN) — With the kingdom’s population ageing and the debt-ridden farmers becoming restless, Thailand’s political parties are gearing up for the May 14 elections offering populist policies to woo the votes of both sectors of the population.
UN Peacekeeping Missions Fail in the Horn of Africa
By Dr Suleiman Walhad* TORONTO, 16 April 2023 (IDN) — The United Nations Organization was set up in 1945. The world had just come out of a bloody war, often dubbed the Second World War. But the world has always been at war, and it could have been the umpteenth war. It was, however, the […]
African Writer Bashes US for Praising ‘Rigged’ Polls in Nigeria
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK, 11 April 2023 (IDN) — Rage is brewing, trust is lost and national elections have not only been rigged, but done so in such a shoddy, shabby manner that it insults the intelligence of Nigerians. Those were the uncensored words of noted writer Chimamanda Adichi, winner of […]
Kenyan Opposition Leader Urged to Suspend Rallies
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | NAIROBI, 3 April 2023 (IDN) — Kenya’s opposition leader, Raila Odinga, is not going away quietly. Defeated in national elections last August, the 78-year-old opposition leader is now leading street protests in Nairobi neighbourhoods, drawing thousands of followers who face growing poverty, surging living costs, joblessness, […]