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 […]
Allegations of War Crimes by Australian Forces in Afghanistan Shock the Nation
By Kalinga Seneviratne SYDNEY (IDN) – The release of a report into a landmark four-year investigation into the behaviour of Australians special forces known as the SAS (Special Air Service) in Afghanistan, seem to have shocked the nation, judging from newspaper headlines on November 20. Yet, for many who opposed Australia’s involvement in the Afghanistan […]
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 […]
Australia At Crossroads with A Biden Presidency
By Kalinga Seneviratne SYDNEY (IDN) – The government of Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been closely aligned with that of the US President Donald Trump on climate change and policy towards China. But, media commentators here in the past few days have been arguing that a Biden administration may put pressure on Australia to change […]
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 […]
Biden Is A Veteran Friend of Israel But Against Settlement
By Raphael Ahren The writer is the diplomatic correspondent at The Times of Israel, which published it on November 7, 2020. JERUSALEM (IDN) – Joe Biden, the newly elected 46th president of the United States, is a true friend of the Jewish state, friends and even political adversaries of the emerging president-elect agree. “He has […]
Almost Unnoticed Nuclear Pandemic Is Spreading in Japan
By Manlio Dinucci This article was originally published in Italian on Il Manifesto. It is being republished from Global Research. Manlio Dinucci is a Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG). MONTREAL (IDN) – It was not Covid-19, therefore the news went almost unnoticed: Japan will release over a million tons of […]