By Ramesh Jaura BERLIN | 3 July 2024 (IDN) — As one of the five Nuclear-Weapon Free Zones (NWFZs) covering Latin America and the Caribbean, South Pacific, Southeast Asia, and Central Asia, Africa has been a driving force in nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament—through the Treaty of Pelindaba—which entered into force on 15 July 2009 The […]
Slavery Still Ingrained in Mauritania, Activist Says
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | 2 July 2024 (IDN) — Mauritanians have re-elected President Mohamed Ould Ghazaouni with over 56% of the vote in a 6-way race. With provisional results from over 99.27% of polling stations, President Ghazaouni, a retired army general and current president of the African Union, is serving […]
Gen Z Takes Over the Streets in Kenya, Blocking Unpopular Finance Bill
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | 1 July 2024 (IDN) — In a move that surprised observers, Kenya’s President William Ruto has agreed to scrap a highly controversial finance bill that sparked two days of police violence against mostly young protesters demonstrating against unaffordable tax increases. Ruto said he would seek new […]
Food Insecurity in Nigeria At Its Worst State in Years
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | 1 July 2024 (IDN) — The United Nations has announced the allocation of $11 million to address the food crisis surging in Nigeria’s north-east. The UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, Martin Griffith, who disclosed this on X, the microblogging site, said the allocation was drawn […]
Tanzania: Livestock Sector Gets Climate-Smart Boost
By Kizito Makoye Shigela IRINGA, Tanzania | 27 June 2024 (IDN) — Sitting under the shade of a baobab tree, Leinot Leboo watches his cattle as they drink from a dam. This scene starkly contrasts with the village’s troubled past as a hotspot for fistfights. The 47-year-old herder at Ikolongo village, Iringa region in Tanzania’s […]
After 20 Years of ‘Negative Peace’, Liberians Want Change
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | 25 June 2024 (IDN) — In the past two decades, impunity has reigned supreme in Liberia, with suspected wartime criminals engaged in political intimidation, threats of renewed violence and doling out the spoils of war. Some have reinvented themselves as millionaires-cum-moguls, philanthropists, political kingmakers, ethno-nationalists or […]
Why Is Coverage of Civil War in Sudan Relegated to the Back Pages?
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | 24 June 2024 (IDN) — The biggest hunger crisis in the world is unfolding in Sudan. As of now, more than half of the country’s 45 million people urgently need humanitarian assistance. A conflict on this scale should top the news agenda but it has been […]
South African Parliamentarian Stripped of Post Over Taped Racist Rant
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | 24 June 2024 (IDN) — A recently sworn-in member of the South African parliament has been suspended for using racist language against Black people. The suspension of Renaldo Gouws of the white-led Democratic Alliance (DA) highlights the uneasy alliance between the DA and its governing coalition with […]
LGBTQ+ Activists Win Landmark Judgment from Namibian High Court
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | 24 June 2024 (IDN) — Namibia’s high court has overturned a law that criminalized gay sex. The ruling is a victory for LGBTQ+ activists after a number of setbacks in the battle for rights in African countries in recent years. Namibia inherited a law banning sodomy […]
Agricultural Future of Africa Lies in Agroecology
By Million Belay* KAMPALA, Uganda | 19 June 2023 (IDN) — A premise which has its roots in traditional knowledge and ecological principles, some people may find the term agroecology mysterious or esoteric. However, far from being an abstract concept, agroecology can be a lifeline for long-lasting food systems, providing a route that links the […]