BRUSSELS | 22 October 2026 (IDN | EEPA) — The following are the situation reports on the situation in Ethiopia, the migration and refugee situation, the situation in Sudan, the international and regional situation, UK threatens to ban entry to all Eritreans, deadly drone strike on Abyei market, WHO delivers medical supplies to northern Ethiopia […]
Africa Aims to Transform The Continent Inspired By Asia’s Rise
By Kalinga Seneviratne BANGKOK, Thailand | 21 October 2026 (IDN) — The IMF-World Bank annual meeting returned to Bangkok last week (12 to 18 October) after more than three decades, with nervous Thai authorities going to great lengths to prevent civil society protests from disrupting it. Inside Bangkok’s convention centre, World Bank’s turbaned American-Sikh President […]
Israel’s Fateful Election: A Nation On The Brink
Israel’s next election will decide far more than who governs. It will help determine whether the country can reclaim its democratic foundations, restore its international standing, and fulfil its founding promise—or continue down a path that endangers the very future its leaders claim to defend. By Alon Ben-Meir* NEW YORK | 20 October 2026 (IDN) […]
Decoding Pro-Israel Buzzwords in a Time of Genocide
By Norman Solomon* SAN FRANCISCO | 20 October 2026 (IDN) — Nearly two years ago, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International released in-depth reports documenting that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza. Months later, Israeli human rights groups did likewise. Support for Israel has declined steeply among Americans, but its defenders continue to maintain a siege […]
Germany’s Colonial Reckoning Returns to the Bundestag
Debate over the genocide committed in Namibia has revived questions about recognition, reparations and whether Germany is willing to confront its colonial past as seriously as other chapters of its history. By Ramesh Jaura BERLIN | 20 October 2026 (IDN) — Over a century after German colonial troops committed mass killings in what is now […]
Decline of European Culture: Decadence, Hatred, and Incitement
A commentary by Wolfgang Bittner* GÖTTINGEN, Germany | 19 October 2026 (IDN) — Russia is to be defeated—at any cost. The Berlin government intends to continue supporting Ukraine in its war with weapons and funds at the expense of its own population, “for as long as necessary.” [1] It is questionable how much longer this […]
EEPA Reports on New Caretaker Administration Appointed in Tigray
BRUSSELS | 19 October 2026 (IDN | EEPA) — The following are the situation reports on the situation in Ethiopia, the situation in Sudan, the regional and international situation, new Caretaker Administration appointed in Tigray, ENDF and TPF recapture Aksum, 11 killed in RSF attack on IDP camp in West Darfur Situation in Ethiopia (per […]
30 Months After Uproar Over Jonathan Glazer’s Oscar Speech, What Do His Pro-Israel Denouncers Say Now?
By Norman Solomon* SAN FRANCISCO, 15 October 2026 (IDN) — If you understand that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, why read an article focusing on the viewpoints of people who vehemently deny it? I wasn’t sure how to explain why, until I remembered something that screenwriter Frédéric Krivine said when I interviewed him in Paris eight […]
EEPA reports on ENDF controls key towns in northwestern and central Tigray
BRUSSELS | 15 October 2026 (IDN | EEPA) — The following are the situation reports on the situation in Ethiopia, the migration and refugee situation, the situation in Sudan, the regional and international situation, ENDF controls key towns in northwestern and central Tigray, shipwreck off of Djibouti coast, gold refinery launched in Ethiopia Situation in […]
Brexit Will End and Europe Will Come Together Again
By Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden | 14 October 2026 (IDN) — At last, a British prime minister who is not afraid to say Europe is good for Britain. After a slow start on the issue, Andy Burnham has now made it fairly clear that Britain will seek to rejoin the European Union. It is not […]