Viewpoint by Dr Yossef Ben-Meir The writer is President of the High Atlas Foundation in Marrakech, Morocco. MARRAKECH (IDN) – One ought not to doubt the Kingdom of Morocco’s abiding sincerity in its commitment to the principles of multiculturalism and to the diverse identities that constitute this Islamic nation. This embracing on the part of […]
EU Called Upon to Urgently Engage in Peace Efforts for the Horn of Africa
By Reinhard Jacobsen BRUSSELS (IDN) – Representatives of non-governmental organisations and academia from all around Europe have called upon the European Union (EU) to urgently appoint senior High-level Envoys for the Horn to engage in and provide support to international, in particular African, efforts to curb the crisis in the Horn of Africa. The appeal […]
COVID-19 Shatters Hopes for Industrial Advance in Africa
But the Next Decade Might Trigger the Change Needed Viewpoint by Jenny Larsen* VIENNA (IDN) – Industrial development in Africa has been sluggish for some decades. Now, as the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic kick in, hopes for better progress, at least in the short term, appear to be fading. But if countries grasp the […]
A ‘Wind Of Change’ Could Block African Leaders Seeking ‘Presidency For Life’
By Lisa vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) As British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan once said it, there’s a “wind of change” blowing through the African continent. “Whether we like it or not,” he said, “this growth of national consciousness is a political fact.” That was the ‘60s, as countries across the continent were […]
In Memoriam of Rawlings, A Charismatic Leader and a Stalwart for Pan Africanism
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – “A bear of a man with a booming voice.” That’s how some will remember Ghana’s former President Jerry John Rawlings who died November 12 in the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, according to local media reports. He was 73. “A great tree has fallen and Ghana […]
How I am Combating Human Trafficking in Malawi
By Maxwell Matewere A Malawian crime prevention expert with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Maxwell Matewere, has been active in the anti-human trafficking field for more than two decades. The following is being republished from UN News, LILONGWE (IDN) – I was a young, recent law graduate when I first experienced the […]
World Future Council Joins the UN in Calling for an End to Fighting in Ethiopia
By Jutta Wolf BERLIN (IDN) – With the Ethiopia domestic conflict further escalating, the World Future Council has called upon conflicting parties to “end the devastating infighting, to respect international humanitarian law and provide safety for all the country citizens, specifically children, women and the elderly”. The call comes in the wake of the United […]
Ethnic Strife in Ethiopia Threatens All-Out Civil War
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – Those who held high hopes for peace in the Horn of Africa are troubled by the rise in conflicts across the region with fears growing of a potentially destabilizing civil war. The latest conflict pits the government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed against the Tigray […]
Pressing Need to Ensure Responsible African Digitalisation
By Reinhard Jacobsen BRUSSELS (IDN) – The profound importance of data is underlined by the fact that the United Nations is measuring progress towards the 17 ambitious Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with the help of a global network working together to ensure the new opportunities of the data revolution. Youth are being referred to as […]
Democracy Takes A Beating in Elections Across the African Continent
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – Foul play may have been the winner in recent national elections in Tanzania, where the ruling party swept up an overwhelming majority of parliamentary seats and the leaders of both top opposition parties lost theirs. Citing “seditious language”, the election commission suspended the campaign of […]